I heart Printz part deux.

This week we printed again!  If the week prior I was in lust, then this week I fell in love.  The processes are so fun, full of surprise and just make me feel like a kid again!

The room was set up in four stations with directions hanging next to each station:

The Paul Klee station,  is where you set up a plate with oil based ink, place a piece of paper on top and lightly sketch.  When you pick up the paper, the image has been transferred to the other side.  Here are two prints I made using this technique:

Here are my prints:

In this station we were to collaborate our corrugated animal prints.  Many of us ran out of time, so we plan on doing this next week.  But, I love this idea for the classroom and collaborating artworks together to make a larger cohesive piece with students.

We created callograph prints again this week, in the 4th station.  This time however, Aileen had us create the prints together as a class, and move forward together.  She talked us through each step.  For Example,  cut out a big shape, cut a hole in the shape, cut scary legs, cut 4 scary teeth...  She kept us on track with time, so as to keep us all at the same pace and make sure everyone completed each task.  This management style is necessary in the art room because many times it is easy to get really sucked into one aspect of the process that the project doesn't get completed. 

Here is my new callograph print:

Then we were to create a folio to store all of our prints in.  Great idea to have a finished product with all of the examples of techniques that we used.

Chelsea and Clare making folios

I didn't get to this step yet, but we when we wrap up this section next week I will make my folio.  

These processes have got me thinking about my own work and a possible final project for this class.  I think I will make a book of prints using different techniques.