Materials
collographic plates made by students, brayers, printing inks, 9x12 white drawing paper, metal pans, newspaper to cover desk with, small pieces of white paper, pencils
Students will pair up into their printmaking teams and proceed with the printing process, as laid out in the demonstration. Remind them as they go along that one person must always have clean hands. (This takes a bit of monitoring, as the inker must then wash hands to switch places.) Students will complete one print each and then pin them up to dry.
Hang prints on a wall for students to observe. Lead a discussion by asking questions such as:
- What kinds of structures can we see in these prints?
- Select one print and explain who you think would live in this building?
- Which works have details that make the print very interesting to look at? Where are they?
- What are the similarities and differences between rubbings and the prints?
- What was the most difficult part of making this print?
- How did you work together to solve that problem?