Elephant Printing Block | Indian Woodblock | Batik & Block Print Stamp

Wooden Elephant Stamp for Fabric Printing and Batik

This hand-carved elephant wood block stamp from India is ideal for fabric block printing and batik on paper or textiles. The decorative elephant motif can be used to create repeat patterns, or combined with other wooden printing blocks for larger designs.

Size: Approx. 6cm x 5cm

About our wooden printing blocks

Our wonderful wood block printing stamps are hand carved in India, where they are traditionally used to create block printed fabric, either by using a wax or clay resist, or by printing the design using coloured dyes.

Available in an ever-changing range of designs and shapes, these wooden stamps are beautiful and functional! Explore our full range of wooden block printing stamps here.

How to use wood blocks with wax

The process of using woodblocks in batik is slightly different to using them with paints. Here are a few tips:

• Melt a small amount of batik wax mix in your wax pot
• Cut 4 circles of cotton fabric to fit the bottom of your wax pot, and put them in the melted wax, allowing it to soak into the fabric to create a kind of wax stamp pad.
• Layer some newspapers on your work surface, and lay the fabric to be printed on top.
• Press the wood block onto the melted wax stamp pad, and then press onto your fabric (it's worth doing a few test runs first!).
• Repeat the process, and then continue as you would with any other batik project.
• Please note - once you've used your woodblock for batik, it's best to keep it strictly for wax.

Printing with woodblocks

You can print on a variety of surfaces with our wood block printing stamps, including paper, fabric and clay. The key is using the right printing medium.

• Paper: use acrylic or gouache paints

• Fabric: use fabric paint or acrylic paint mixed with a fabric medium

• Clay: press the woodblock into clay before it is dried or fired