I block print wallpapers using large sheets of German lino. This material offers flexibility of handling, and has been used for artisinal low-volume production wallpaper printing since the 1920s, notably by Edward Bawden and John Aldridge. In the 1950s Peggy Angus started printing with lino to commission, and a number of her students (she called them her ‘slaves’) have continued since then.
Although more laborious than screen printing, this process gives more texture and surface interest to the design.
