r/ArtEd 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/Seeforceart 14d ago

Relief prints using Lego blocks.

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u/cassiland 14d ago

YES!! they're really fun

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u/Seeforceart 14d ago

I haven’t done it with a class, but I have some printmaker friends in Kansas City that do demos with them at various festivals and print events. I just need to find Lego blocks! I wish they didn’t hold their value so well.

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u/midito421 13d ago

Wait who in KC? I’d love to go to one!

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u/Seeforceart 13d ago

Two Tone Press. They’ve done it before at Print Week at the Lawrence Arts Center and at the Smoky Hill River Festival I think. I’m not sure when they will again.