Art 1 Printmaking Project
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Learn the art of printmaking
Create a design that is conducive to the relief printmaking process
Make a plate by carving and printing on linoleum
Produce an edition using a relief printmaking process
Extend their printmaking vocabulary
Design Instructions:
1. Draw three designs in scale with linoleum
2. Select the best design in consultation with the teacher
3. Use graphite on the back of the design then transfer onto your linoleum plate
Carving Instructions:
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Remember this is a relief process, all areas that are cut away will remain the color of the paper
Use cutting tools with extreme care, always cut away from your body
and keep hands behind the blade
Warm areas to be carved with a warm iron to decrease the resistance
Cutting errors can be glued down
Be careful during rinsing when cleaning the plate
Large areas can be sanded to give them “tooth” if they aren’t picking up enough ink
Printing Instructions:
At the Inking Station:
1. Place ink on Plexiglas plate and roll out to coat the brayer thoroughly
2. Roll inked brayer evenly over the raised surface of you plate
At the Printing Station:
1. Place your inked plate onto clean newspaper. Apply printing paper on top of the inked plate
2. Transfer the ink to the paper by rubbing with a baron
3. Check your rubbing by carefully pulling one side and checking the paper, replace and transfer
more ink.
4. Carefully remove your paper from the plate
Print Editions:
Prints are numbers in a specific way. They will be numbered on the lower left side in pencil 1/5 (first of
five) 2/5 (second of five), etc. In the center under the design is the title of the print also in pencil.
The conventional rules for editions of prints are as follows:
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Title
Signature
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Two artists proofs on newsprint
An edition of five black ink on white paper
An edition of two white ink on black paper
An edition of two colored ink on colored paper
An edition of two prints on hand made grounds
A collage made of left over prints
A card with one of your best prints on the cover
An artwork on a large piece of paper that serves as the focal point in a drawing.