INOVART Presto Foam Printing Plates Econo Pack, 4"x6", 100 Sheets

Material de buena calidad, fácil de usar, justo lo que quería.

This product is way to expensive for what it is. I could have achieved the same results by cutting up styrofoam plates. The only benefit to buying this product is that it is a nice bundle pre-cut for you.

Súper chafa. Es un plato delgado de unicel. Como de 2 mm.

They were perfect for my purposes.

I came across this product recommended in an online printmaking lesson. Classroom budgets are (as always) pretty tight and the block printing product we use is getting more and more expensive. Still, print making is part of the curriculum so I'm always actively looking for ways to do the job on the cheap whenever possible. So here are my observations: (1) This product is waaaaay more economical than the "easy cut" material we use throughout our district. (2) While the easy cut material better replicates the sharpness of line one achieves using traditional linoleum block cuts, the Presto Foam product is a pretty good introductory material. I would rate it as excellent for elementary and middle school levels, and acceptable for a foundations high school art class. (In fact, that is precisely how I'm using it this week.) (3) Due to the economy, it's easier to have an "extra" piece of material if a student makes an error. That's generally not possible when using the more expensive product. (4) I was surprised to see how versatile this product is. I've done foam printing with students in the past using disposable foam plates. Opening this product and discovering it was much thinner than foam plates concerned me - at first. But the foam is dense and takes incised line very well. It also does well with larger reduced areas and shapes. In fact, I may use this as an introduction to the concept of material removal before having high school students work with the expensive stuff. Although I haven't tried it yet, I kind of think this would work for reduction printing. While I'm on the topic of printing, I'll share that this material prints well ... IF you use block printing ink. My experience using tempera was a little dicey and I would think kids would get easily frustrated - you really need a thicker substrate to work consistently well. Thinner inks and watercolor won't work at all...they'll bead up on the smooth, unabraided surface. I even tried some intaglio ink because I had it out at the time, and - meh.From a production standpoint, I found that the best application to the foam plate was using a brayer (as you might well imagine.) A little experience is necessary to judge how much is "too much" and how much is not enough to get a good transfer. I've a Speedball hand press that seemed work very well. Simply rubbing with a spoon was ok. Using a brayer was ok. Using a baren worked best.