Printing Process

Design:



You should have a page that started something like this. We began with a leaf and moved into stylising it based on visual knowledge of two movements of Art:

1) K_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
2) A _ _ N _ _ _ _ _ _

Transferring your design onto your wood:





You knew the size of your wood towards the end of that stylisation process. Howe you fit that design onto the wood is up to you. But do have a think about how the space behind the form you have designed can work with your design. Draw you lines thickly and clearly.

Cutting your block:




1) Fingers are never in front of the blade!
2) What you cut is going to print white, what you leave behind is going to print coloured.
3) There is always a way to fix your mistakes, don't biff your block without a decent discussion with your teacher first.
4) Classroom Tikanga absolutely demands you clean up your wood chips so that the cleaner does not have to spend more time in our room than he is paid for.

Printing your block:

You need a roller, perspex plate to roll ink onto, newspaper, paper to print onto and a spoon!
And patience...



Print off at least 5 copies, as you are a printmaker here, not a painter. These are not one-off Art works, they are able to be mass produced for everyone. And Christmas presents that you make are always better.