Print Making



On the 11th June we spent the afternoon doing relief block printing.
Firstly, we were given a plain piece of paper to draw a simple design in pencil. Our drawings had to be connected to our project of the sea.
Next, we had to stick it to a thicker piece of card.
We then had to put glue on our pencil design and then we stuck string onto it, following our design.
This was to form our raised printing block.

We then took a piece of polystyrene tile and gently drew a similar design. We then went over it again and again untill it was deep enough but didn't create a hole. We had to be careful!
This was to form our indented printing block.

We then covered the blocks with paint using a roller. After that, we pressed them on a clean piece of paper to make a printed patten. There were starfish, shells and wave patterns.
It was very messy but great fun!!!!

 

By Rosie