ALMERE, The Netherlands — De Kabels Amsterdam b.v., a handprinter since 1935 is designing with leading edge print technology to produce foil and foam handblock prints on metallic silk ground cloths.

DeKabels was purchased by textile designer and consultant Rob Viool and his wife Michele in 2,000 saving it from bankruptcy. Since then, Viool has experimented with many kinds of prints but his latest collections are impossible to copy, he said. Current items are $30-$50 a yard and are sought by leading editeurs, he said.Rob and Michele Viool, owners of De Kabels Amsterdam b.v

De Kabels won a coveted Blue Drop Award this year at MoOD for a hand blocked print on linen geared for the contract market. De Kabels said it is one of the last companies that does silkscreen printing entirely by hand, which is pretty unusual for a product suited to the contract market.   F&FI