2 Pcs 9x12 Soft Linoleum Carving Block, Linocut Block for Printmaking, Gray

I really enjoyed using these. They are thinner than the standard grey sheets from art stores but I think because they don’t have that fiber backing. I like that when you carve the color underneath is slightly lighter, allowing you to see where you have carved easily. The rubber is firm but doesn’t crumble like the standard tan / grey sheets and is easy to carve details. I prefer this to the standard pink rubber as that block makes details difficult and bends too much while carving. This one has give like the pink rubber but not as much the details easier. I am still new to block printing but I like this product and will continue using it for a bit.

Easily my new favorite material to print with! One side of it seems to be shiny while the other is more matte, so I carve on the matte side. The material holds details wonderfully and the lines break off nice and crisp like traditional gray linoleum while staying soft and flexible like the pink rubber carving blocks. It's easy to transfer designs onto and they don't smudge. It's also nice that the material is easy to cut down to smaller sizes. I recommend mounting your carving onto a block because since the material is pretty thin, some designs can be harder to print cleanly. Definitely will be buying again!

One of them came has big bumps in the middle of it that show on both sides since they are so thin and I think they will show up on the prints that are made with it. They seem like they are hard enough to hold small details but still soft enough to be easy to carve.

Easy to carve. Makes clear lines. Inks well. Good value!

This linoleum is a little stiffer than most kinds but still super easy to carve and it's two toned so it's easy to see your work. Will definitely be buying again.

This was the first material i used when i started block printing. I purchased it because of the large size and price for two pieces. After working with this and trying other linoleum materials i find it easier to cut through but it scratches easily because it's more of a soft vinyl. I've been coating it with thinned white acrylic paint so i can draw or transfer a design onto it. I find it difficult to do a transfer without this step. Carbon paper does not work well because of the slippery surface. I started using a white carbon pencil to draw directly on the block also and this works well because I can easily erase. It can bend out of shape if not stored flat after carving and sharpie marker makes it get gummy so you can't really use it like you can on real linoleum. EDIT: I've been using this almost exclusively for linocut prints and have purchased it 4 times since discovering it. It is very easy to carve compared to battleship linoleum which I find to be very hard on my hands. It holds lines well. I have not found it to be crumbly at all. I began linocut printing using this material and after trying the Hessian backed linoleum I prefer this material. It is super easy to wash the ink off of after printing. I just run it under water in the sink and use a small bit of soap to get the ink off. It does scratch easily as I discovered by accident when I tried to scrub acrylic paint off of it a bit too aggressively. I bought some white charcoal pencils to draw my designs onto the surface. So much easier to see your design. Dark pencil wasn't working for me. Product says Made in China. Seller continues to raise the price of the 2 pack but it's still cheaper and easier to get my hands on with Amazon Prime than buying dried out lino from my local hobby lobby for $8 for a small sheet.

This product works exactly how it should. Anyone having trouble getting solid results is lacking something in their process. Transfering an image is insanely easy.. Draw your design on paper with a pencil and rub the paper face down on the lino from the backside. BAM, image transfer and it'll be backwards for proper printing. This lino is THIN. Being aware of that, don't gouge too deep.. its simple. If your tools are dull, you will NOT get a clean cut.. on any surface. Sharpen your tools. The video I uploaded shows my entire process for proof. Don't listen to these naysayers, learn your craft. This is a solid product.

For some reason, I read the name of this product, "Soft Linoleum Carving Block," to mean the carving block was made from linoleum. Linoleum is organic made from linseed (that's where the "lin" comes from) oil, pine resin, and wood dust. This stuff is made from polypropylene, which is a thermoplastic polymer, and will not decompose for many hundreds of years if we're lucky. Block print makers like linoleum because it's organic and authentic and doesn't contaminate our soil and water. This stuff is just plastic. I will not buy it again. They hid this in the description as "PP" however, I trusted the name of the product title ... until I receive it and realized what it was. This is not what it says it is.

It’s kind of hard to use this. The material is quite thin, and the sides are both very glossy, which is an ideal for stamps.

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Worked great for carving and was tough enough to properly etch small details in, takes practice to use.

They work like they should, carved easily and seem like good quality