For June and July, I was committed to the Index Card A Day Challenge hosted by Tammy Garcia from Daisy Yellow. And now that I am done, I am creating a new structure for my making and blogging. I am not sure what it is just yet but I am excited about the challenge.
I am teaching @ LynnARTS this week. I have 12 young artists ready to go. I love to introduce them to bookmaking and printmaking when ever I can.
I don’t usually get to share the gelatin printmaking experience with them, so we do relief printing, stenciling and other planographic techniques.
Printmaking with Kids
Some of the printmaking projects that I have done with the kids this summer include:
- a symmetrical stencil – memory game
- Hand Cut Stenciled – Artist Trading Cards to share
- Folded monotype butterflies and
- Textured Rubbings as backgrounds for books
These crazy pictures are some rusty inspiration that I found on the side of the road a few days ago. I am thinking about rusting some fabric or Rives BFK printmaking paper. For now they sit and inspire.
And the journal is a recycled book that I did as part of the 21 Secrets class. You can see my quick video of the book just after I put it together here. The “Push” rubbing is from a fun piece of metal work from my artist buddy Sandra Golbert. The wiggly black and blue impression are relief stamps that I made with a cd cover and sticky back foam. Fun and easy!
Another non-gelatin printmaking process that I am enjoying right now is the thermofax screen printing process. I made a bunch of screens almost a year ago and have not really played with them much.
I used a dragonfly screen and made a few cards. You can check them out at my Etsy store – StudioGermain. My shop is new and I hope to add new prints weekly. So if you like what you see follow my shop and share it with all of your friends.
Happy Printing!