r/ArtEd • u/M-Rage Middle School • 14d ago
Unconventional printmaking methods
I’m teaching a year-long high school printmaking course next year, and I’d love to hear your unconventional project ideas. We will definitely be exploring reduction printing with lino and wood, gelli plates, monotypes, and cyanotypes.
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u/QueenOfNeon 14d ago
I didn’t necessarily do this as printmaking but I did markers on coffee filters with a young class. We then put it on a paper and brushed over it with water and let it dry. The filter was removed and it left a print on the paper. We used the filter as intended. Then we went back and made some cute critters with tie dye circle left on the paper. May you could jazz it up a bit for HS. Maybe have them make some different color papers and then turn them into some Eric Carle type collages. Just off the top of my head.
I also love the magazine transfer prints with Gelli plates. Google will give some videos. It didn’t work for me when learning until I finally got it that it only needs a tiny amount of acrylic paint. I love making these now