Tina is looking for some good printmaking lessons to try with grades 4
through 8. She has recently acquired an etching press.
Please post lessons you have done and with what grade level. I will
compile all of them and add them to Incredible Art Department and will
forward them all to Tina.
This can be adapted to all grade levels. Plates can be made using
cardboard and can be run through the press to make an embossed print
first. Plates can be painted with gesso and can be printed intaglio
style.
Monotypes and engravings can both be done on old CD's - get some
recycling going.
Some very interesting embossed prints can be made by running lino
plates through the press. I used a piece of Saran wrap between the
plate and damp paper. Tagboard works well for making embossed prints
and is much more affordable than rag papers.
Tina - make sure you have adequate felts... a cushion, a pusher and a
sizing catcher. I always ran the prints through the press with a sheet
of newsprint on top to protect the felts. Also put a sheet of
newsprint down to keep the bed of the press clean. I bought my felts
from Dick Blick.
