I looked at much more Judy Pfaff work online - but these links should get
you going.
Pascale if you are reading - middle school kids would really like her
work....very doable for them. What if you tried the architecture as a
printmaking unit - then had the kids do some over printing and collage work?
I did a lot with the manipulated print when I taught high school. Students
combined their printing plate with that of another student (or students) -
printed one plate on top of the other image - and they created a larger
composition. I can see how they would have been even more motivated to do
this if I had shown them Judy Pfaff. I just did it as a fun way for them to
get more mileage out of the unit....and to have ways to use some of their
prints that didn't turn out as well. We cut them up and shared with others
to make some great art..
I did a similar thing with relief printing and Pre-Columbian art with my 7th
graders. We used all lines - dots and dashes -symbols, patterns and motifs
from pre-Columbian art. Filled a 3" x 9" foam plate (a good way to use up
some end pieces I had). Each student made two printing plates - they had to
relate in some way. Using a limited pallet of inks, they over printed one
plate on top of the other image. They even used each others plates for more
variety - the colors used gave the final work unity (we used red, blue,
gold, white ink on black.paper. For cut outs to be arranged on top we used
red and blue paper over printed with white and or gold). Students arranged
three panels of prints that were done on black - then cut out images from
the colored paper to glue on top. My samples used Keith haring like figures
sine Haring was inspired by Pre-Columbian art. We got some neat projects -
and only spent two class periods on them (they had just finished up a unit
on Pre-Columbian ceramics - so had background in the cultures and their
art).
And how about gadget printing for the younger kids? Create a collage from
their prints (Judy even had some puzzle pieces in one of her images that I
saw).
