Customize clothing, make fiber art, print band merch... there are a million projects you can do with a set of fabric block printing inks from Essdee. These light-textured inks absorb into the fibers of most fabrics, so you can use your lino blocks and other relief pieces to print on all kinds of objects. We used an indigo-dyed tote bag and a very lightweight piece of muslin in our tests, with interestingly different results.

The set of five includes three primary colors plus white and black, allowing you to mix almost any color before you start making prints. Each jar has 150 mL of ink — enough for quite a few prints.

Made in the United Kingdom.

ABOUT ESSDEE

The Essdee brand started during World War II, when British designer Stanley Dixon (that's S.D.) couldn't find any scraperboard for his studio. The only manufacturer was in Austria, so it hadn't been imported since before the war, and supplies had run out. Dixon created his own scraperboard formulation and branded it with his initials, and the name has stuck around for more than 75 years.

Today's Essdee brand is equally well-known for printmaking supplies, because the scraperboard company merged with a lino cutter company in the 1980s. (Scraper tools and lino cutters are made with the same industrial equipment.)

Essdee products are proudly made in the United Kingdom.