Relief prints are easy and flexible. The basic premise is that anything raised from the surface will transfer ink onto the paper. A stamp is essentially a relief print. Linocut prints and woodblock prints are two commonly used forms of relief printmaking.
At home, you can create a type of relief print using cardboard and foam stickers. If you don’t have foam stickers, you can use old styrofoam and hot glue. If you don’t have printer’s ink, you can brush acrylic paint onto the block. Any paper can be used for the print, but thicker paper often works better.
This type of printmaking is most successful when you work with big, bold shapes, rather than finely crafted, minuscule decorative elements.
The prints can be used for postcards or just decoration.
