In Art class we love printmaking! Students get to use interesting tools and materials such as brayers, inks, linoleum, styrofoam, gouges, barens, wooden spoons, clay, leaves, rolling pins, cloth, and more.
The best aspect of printmaking is that we can make multiple artworks from a single piece of art!
Kindergarten used inked leaves pressed over an abstract watercolor.
First-grade students, inspired by our resident tortoise, Minnie, have created collographs made with cut-out paper glued onto cardboard.
Second graders used rolling pins to imprint textured fabric over clay.
Currently, fourth graders are working on carving animals in linoleum blocks. This requires complete focus and attention while using a sharp tool called a “gouge”.
Fifth graders completed large 16×16-inch “tessellations” using a single 4” styrofoam plate.
With different inks, papers, textures, and tools, the possibilities are endless in printmaking!
See our prints on display on May 26 in the gym during our annual Elementary Art Exhibit!
Also, all of your child’s artwork will be going home in a portfolio during the last week of school.
Susan Walters, Art Teacher