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A new print, fresh from the press
It’s always inspiring to see kids get excited about art. So I was on the receiving end of a lot of inspiration this week, as I hauled my etching press to two inner city schools to make collograph prints with students in the third through fifth grades. I’m one of three studio artists participating in Inner Space/Outer Space, a new arts outreach program sponsored by Centre for the Living Arts and partially funded by sales of Alabama’s “Support the Arts” automobile tag. And collograph printmaking is particularly cool, since they are largely created from things that might otherwise end up in the landfill: scraps of fabric and wallpaper, leftover ribbon and paper, cardboard and collected feathers. So is it conservation or art? You decide.
You never know exactly how your image will turn out
CLA volunteer Dick Whiting demonstrates the inking process
The students' collograph prints were bold and innovative -- and fun
This is a terrific program! I think it is definitely art!
Art? Absolutely!!!
Thank you for doing this!
Hi Val! I just stumbled upon your blog, and absolutely love your artwork! And what joy it must be to work with the schoolchildren! They look like they’re having a great time creating art!
Good to meet you!
Kim
Such a wonderful program, and I’m sure your participation will go a long way! Each of the prints looks so dfferent and personal.
You have been initiated a good art program for the kids, they will learn a lot of this out of this, nice post
Hi,
I am interested….I do collographs with kids, but have no press to use- so we use the back of wooden spoons-agh! Anyway, I noticed the photo of them using a brayer- do you use brayers to ink a collograph plate? I use cheesecloth or rough brush to scrub ink into the plate- how does you use a brayer and get into all the crevices??
thanks,
curious!