Comments about Blick Flexi-Cut Printing Plates:

If you intend to keep and re-use your carvings this is not the material for you. Dick Blick offers many other blocks that are better suited for this.

It might be useful for tool testing, test printing, practice pieces, experiments and such but it will not last long enough for most artists/carvers use.

For shadow stamps, basic shapes, and adding quick "color spots" it might prove handy but if long, usable life is important look to other materials. This will dry out, crack and be unusable in a short time. It's suggested shelf life is only a year. Even with careful storage I wouldn't count on it lasting that long.

Comments about Blick Flexi-Cut Printing Plates:

I tried out this product to determine if it might be applicable for student use in the classroom. It is not a thick material like Blick EZ cut printing blocks so one should expect not be to be doing deep cutting. The peel and stick backing makes it nice for mounting onto a variety of firmer surfaces. I like the fact the product can also be easily cut with a utlilty knife or scissors to any desired size. The product does require a little bit of patience and works best if one uses a sharp cutting blade. I also like the fact it accepts waterbased inks but I have also used Akua and other vegetable oil inks (soap and water cleanup) and it accepts these with no problems. I would not recommend using traditional oil based relief printing inks as the solvents used for cleanup do not appear to behave well with the material.

Comments about Blick Flexi-Cut Printing Plates:

This product is the best to use for a cut. U cant go to far and ruin your cut peace of work. your cut out is a beautiful peace of work and if you cut all the way through and making it fragile. This is a product that you cant keep forever.