Inking the plate; pulling a print:
Print series on display:
The clay fossils:
Friday, September 26, 2008
Fantastic Fossils
5th Grade boys recently looked at examples of real fossils in class before drawing their own fossilized plants, animal bones, shells, etc. and transferring them to rubber-like carving material. Using gouges, the boys carved out their designs and then used traditional printmaking techniques to make a series of colored prints. Lastly, they pressed their designs into clay to make "real" fossil rocks...
Inking the plate; pulling a print:
Print series on display:
The clay fossils:
Inking the plate; pulling a print:
Print series on display:
The clay fossils:
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Very cool!
ReplyDeleteHow did you do the glazing on these?
ReplyDeleteThey just used a brown glaze all over, then rubbed some off with a wet sponge so the raised parts stood out. You can see that some rubbed off more glaze than others did and both looked great!
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