Visual Thinking

& Tinkering

Tuesday October 6th

(Asynchronous, 12-2pm)

Today's Agenda:

Warm-up: Texture collector
Make some plates!
Field Journal Reflection
Further research- Sister Corita Kent

Today's Goals:

I can utilize the materials that I already have to innovate with printmaking methods.

I can reflect upon my prior experiences with printmaking to better understand the role of printmaking in my future K-12 classroom.

A Frottage Quarantine Zine by Jane

Warm-up

Texture Collection

Using a crayon, soft lead pencil or conte crayon, go around your living space or venture out into the world and gather some press-less impressions!

For a slice of the history behind this technique take a peak at this Max Ernst painting & read this extremely brief blurb from the Tate UK.

Apparitions: Frottages and Rubbings from 1860 to Now | Hammer Museum | Artsy

⬅ A museum exhibition of Frottage

Challenge - Make yourself a plate! (or two)

Pick AT LEAST TWO of the below options to make based on the materials that you have available to you.

MULTITASKING TIP: There are videos below that I invite you to watch for further research. Feel free to watch those while you make plates, just don't forget to jot down your major takeaways1

Option 1 - Collagraph!

Materials needed

Piece of stiff cardboard (think the back cover of a notebook)
Textured found & discarded materials that are low relief ((bonus points if they are self-adhesive)
glue or other adhesive if your materials are NOT self-adhesive

Process:

Arrange the textured materials and adhere them onto the stiff cardboard plate

Option 2 - Glue Collagraph

Materials needed

Piece of stiff cardboard (think the back cover of a notebook)
Liquid glue or heavy bodied acrylic paint or medium

Process: Create raised marks on your stiff cardboard with liquid glue or heavy bodied acrylic paint/medium. Let dry completely!

Option 3 - Foam relief printing

Materials needed

Piece of recycled styrofoam (like a takeout container, egg carton, packing material, or piece of foam core)
Pencil, toothpick or other incising material

Method: Use a pencil, toothpick, wood skewer, or any other pointed material to incise marks onto your styrofoam plate

Option 4 - Pochoir!

Materials needed

Piece of cardstock or other stiff paper
X-acto Knife

Steps: Cut a stencil (or a series of stencils- consider the possibilities for layering!) out of the stiff paper with an X-acto knife

Option 5 - Potato Block Print!

Materials needed

Potato or apple
Paring Knife

Method: Cut a potato or apple in half and use a paring knife to cut indentations into the potato or apple.

Consider repeating with the other half or other slices of your apple/potato!

Option 6 - Alternative Intaglio

Materials needed

X-acto knife or sharp tool (like a pushpin taped to a pencil, a needle tool used for clay, paper awl, etc)
Piece of heavy mat board, an old gift card, an old CD or DVD, or an old piece of plexiglass or mylar

Note: If you make this type of plate it would be helpful tomorrow if you have Akua water-based etching ink or screen printing ink to work with. If you don't, we'll try our best with whatever you do have!

Steps: Incise the lines of your drawing into the chipboard/matboard/plexi/CD/old giftcard

Option 7 - Other?

What other sort of plate or stamp can you create with what you have?

Reflect in your Field Journal:

What have been your prior experiences with printmaking? Think about your required MICA class, and experiences dating back to early childhood (remember, not all printmaking involves a press-- what sorts of printmaking might you have done as a young artist?)
What is the role printmaking could and will play in your classroom?
What is the role of printmaking in current K-12 curriculums? How does that match or not match the role of printmaking in current art trends?

Further research:

Please watch these two videos about an artist-teacher whose classroom was an active collaborative printmaking workshop.

Please make note of your thoughts and any take-aways.

Summarizing Checklist

By our seminar tomorrow night, please make sure to:

Warm-up: Become a texture collector. Using a crayon, soft lead pencil or conte crayon, go around your living space or venture out into the world and gather some press-less impressions
Make some plates! Pick AT LEAST TWO of the options to make based on the materials that you have available to you.
Field Journal Reflection: Write about your prior experiences with printmaking as a K-12 student, as an adult artist? What role can and will printmaking play in your future classroom? How might it serve students?
Further research- Please watch the videos on Sister Corita Kent, her philosophy of teaching and her printmaking practice and take note of anything that interests you

Please come to class tomorrow prepared to print!

Please bring your tools and in full transparency, I am going to propose that we make together on camera on Zoom. Please take some time to consider that, and if you have any concerns about that please let me know!

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