Printmaking Club at Fullerton House 2011

It's the beginning of the school year which means the printmaking club starts again in Fullerton House! This term I am working with primary 5 and 6's. This week we created Japanese cherry blossom trees using painting, stamp making and printing. Each pupil created a watery sky first. Then they created tree branches using watery paint and a straw to blow through and disperse the paint. Finally they created individual flower stamps for their blossoms. Beautiful!

This week the pupils designed and cut out bird stencils, which were then used for screenprinting. They created their own unique turquoise birds with purple details such as feathers, eyes, beaks and wings.  

Relief Printing: A short walk in the forest during autumn provides an abundance of inspiration for printmaking activities. I found lots of different shaped leaves with amazing surface patterns, pine cones, nuts, seeds, branches.... and more! The group used these to create their own bugs and butterflies. By painting the leaf and pressing onto paper, the surface pattern is printed. Different leaf shapes will suggest wings, bug bodies, antennae and legs. The crazier the better!

Painting this pine cone and rolling on paper creates a repeat pattern for the caterpillar's body.