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!
Exciting this week as the kids tried their hands at marbling – with some always unexpected, beautiful results. Marbling is an ancient technique of paper decoration, in which paint is dropped into the ‘size’ which is water thickened with a special powder. (traditionally a type of seaweed). Because of this thickener the paint sits on top of the surface of the water and from there it’s possible to take a print. Before you do that though you can manipulate the paint on the…
