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Block printing letters – week 3

Block printing letters – week 3

This week we we did block printing by sticking foam letters onto small pieces of wood. We then rolled printing ink onto them, stamped them and then repeated this several times to make a pattern. This could become a monogram but I also encouraged the kids to see the letters as simply shapes, rather than letters, and to see what kind of patterns they could create with them.Some even managed to make pictures with their letters!

Gelli printing letters

Gelli printing letters

This week we experimented with making letters via gelli plates. This is a kind of mono-printing but you use acrylic paint and instead of glass or perspex the plate is made of gelatin. This gives is a spongy texture into which you can press stencils and textured objects, as well as the usual monoprinting techniques.

monoprinting from magazines

monoprinting from magazines

This week we worked with collage to make amazing, but unusual monoprints. Usually monoprinting involves painting onto a plate of glass or perspex and taking a print, or you cover that plate with ink and then make marks to remove some of it and take a print. This way is a variation on the first type but with the added addition of magazines as the base from which to work from (as paper is the term’s theme). The kids all chose images from…