RELIEF PRINTMAKING UNIT
BIG IDEA: Students will create a relief print using recycled materials, traditional and non-traditional tools & experimental techniques. 6th grade:
Unit:
5x7 Styrofoam marker print (set of 4)
Symmetrical printmaking with traditional inks (set of 4)
Oil pastel transfer print (1)
Table top mono-printing (set of 2)
personal stamp (1)
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Is it possible future technology advancements will make the art of printmaking and the role of the print maker obsolete despite the significant importance printmaking has in the history of communications and technological advancements?
KEY KNOWLEDGE: You will review and know:
· There are many ways to create a composition from readily available materials while learning different forms of printmaking techniques and the history and advanced technologies of printmaking.
· How to create a composition with great detail, complexity and expression while experimenting with the simplest of material. In relief printing “the ups print and the downs don’t.” That means that the surface that is inked will print and the part of the block that is cut away or pushed down, will not.
· Principles and elements of design through investigation: repletion, variety, balance, line, color and texture along with vocabulary: printing plate, burnisher, brayer, impression, positive and negative space
· HISTORY: Printmaking has its roots in prehistoric times, when humans placed their hands on cave walls and blew pulverized pigment around them to create images. Records show that woodcut printing was used by the Egyptians as early as 2000 B.C.E., but because of the perishable nature of these works, they do not exist today. In China, 200 A.D., both fabrics and books were printed using wooden blocks at an early stage. Eventually wood blocks were smoothed and then cut into with sharp tools. They were then inked to make prints that were handed out like posters and handbills or flyers. In the 1500s, John Gutenberg put rows of little wooden block letters into a printing press, and the first modern books were made. He was the first printer to use cast lead types and he invented the mechanical printing press.
· ARTISTS who have worked with relief printing are internationally renowned figures like Albrecht Dürer, Paul Gauguin, Käthe Kollwitz and Edvard Munch, Andy Warhol
AAE MAGNET THEME CONNECTION: If not for advancements in printmaking, we would never have books, newspapers and possibly the advancement of computer communications. Commercial engineers use the principles of printmaking techniques and technology in graphics, advertisement, blueprints for construction, industry and machinery. Many print-makers shadow experienced print-makers to gain practical and real life experience. Print-makers typically start out performing simple techniques and move on to more advanced tasks as they gain experience and improve their skills. Many print-makers prepare detailed portfolios to showcase their work to potential employers and clients.
Types of printmaking: http://www.monoprints.com/info/otheraspects.html
History of the woodcut: http://www.theprintperspective.com/about-printmaking/ More history of the woodcut: http://www.highpointprintmaking.org/education/what_is_printmaking/history/
Printmaking step by step: http://www.svam.org/education/18b.pdf
Unit:
5x7 Styrofoam marker print (set of 4)
Symmetrical printmaking with traditional inks (set of 4)
Oil pastel transfer print (1)
Table top mono-printing (set of 2)
personal stamp (1)
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Is it possible future technology advancements will make the art of printmaking and the role of the print maker obsolete despite the significant importance printmaking has in the history of communications and technological advancements?
KEY KNOWLEDGE: You will review and know:
· There are many ways to create a composition from readily available materials while learning different forms of printmaking techniques and the history and advanced technologies of printmaking.
· How to create a composition with great detail, complexity and expression while experimenting with the simplest of material. In relief printing “the ups print and the downs don’t.” That means that the surface that is inked will print and the part of the block that is cut away or pushed down, will not.
· Principles and elements of design through investigation: repletion, variety, balance, line, color and texture along with vocabulary: printing plate, burnisher, brayer, impression, positive and negative space
· HISTORY: Printmaking has its roots in prehistoric times, when humans placed their hands on cave walls and blew pulverized pigment around them to create images. Records show that woodcut printing was used by the Egyptians as early as 2000 B.C.E., but because of the perishable nature of these works, they do not exist today. In China, 200 A.D., both fabrics and books were printed using wooden blocks at an early stage. Eventually wood blocks were smoothed and then cut into with sharp tools. They were then inked to make prints that were handed out like posters and handbills or flyers. In the 1500s, John Gutenberg put rows of little wooden block letters into a printing press, and the first modern books were made. He was the first printer to use cast lead types and he invented the mechanical printing press.
· ARTISTS who have worked with relief printing are internationally renowned figures like Albrecht Dürer, Paul Gauguin, Käthe Kollwitz and Edvard Munch, Andy Warhol
AAE MAGNET THEME CONNECTION: If not for advancements in printmaking, we would never have books, newspapers and possibly the advancement of computer communications. Commercial engineers use the principles of printmaking techniques and technology in graphics, advertisement, blueprints for construction, industry and machinery. Many print-makers shadow experienced print-makers to gain practical and real life experience. Print-makers typically start out performing simple techniques and move on to more advanced tasks as they gain experience and improve their skills. Many print-makers prepare detailed portfolios to showcase their work to potential employers and clients.
Types of printmaking: http://www.monoprints.com/info/otheraspects.html
History of the woodcut: http://www.theprintperspective.com/about-printmaking/ More history of the woodcut: http://www.highpointprintmaking.org/education/what_is_printmaking/history/
Printmaking step by step: http://www.svam.org/education/18b.pdf