, ▁which ▁created ▁greater ▁space ▁in ▁his ▁house ▁at ▁Queen ▁Square ▁in ▁London ▁where ▁Morris ▁had ▁his ▁work shop . ▁ ▁Morris ▁and ▁his ▁assistant ▁John ▁Smith ▁made ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁experiments ▁with ▁ind igo ▁and ▁other ▁natural ▁d yes , ▁ ▁but ▁were ▁unable ▁to ▁att ain ▁colours ▁that ▁satisfied ▁Morris . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 7 5 , ▁Morris ▁tried ▁working ▁with ▁a ▁commercial ▁printer , ▁Ward le ▁and ▁Company , ▁using ▁wood ▁blocks ▁with ▁a ▁reduced ▁number ▁of ▁colours ▁and ▁modern ▁chemical ▁d yes , ▁This ▁time ▁he ▁was ▁diss atisf ied ▁with ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁quality ▁control ▁by ▁the ▁workers , ▁and ▁the ▁une ven ▁results . ▁ ▁He ▁therefore ▁decided ▁to ▁establish ▁his ▁own ▁work shop , ▁where ▁he ▁could ▁control ▁everything . ▁ ▁He ▁moved ▁his ▁printing ▁work shop ▁to ▁M erton ▁Ab bey ▁M ills , ▁near ▁the ▁M erton ▁Ab bey ▁Pri ory . ▁ ▁For ▁printed ▁text iles , ▁the ▁design ▁was ▁trac ed ▁onto ▁a ▁block ▁of ▁p ear ▁wood , ▁and ▁then ▁the ▁wood ▁was ▁sculpt ed ▁ ▁so ▁only ▁the ▁desired ▁surface ▁would ▁touch ▁the ▁fabric . ▁Th in ▁stri ps ▁of ▁br ass ▁were ▁p ounded ▁edge - first ▁into ▁the ▁block ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁fine ▁lines . ▁ ▁One ▁block ▁was ▁used ▁for ▁each ▁colour ▁of ▁the ▁final ▁fabric , ▁The ▁block ▁was ▁in ked ▁by ▁placing ▁into ▁a ▁v at ▁of ▁color ant , ▁and ▁then ▁carefully ▁placed ▁onto ▁the ▁fabric ▁on ▁the ▁table ▁in ▁front ▁of