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I opted for this task because I had just finished digging all the potatoes out of my garden, so it seemed like a sign, and I am just moving into a printmaking project with my grade 8\/9 Drawing and Painting class of 30 students this next week.\u00a0 With my background in Art, I have taken relief printing classes at a university level and regularly teach screen printing and lino cut printing at my Secondary School.\u00a0 I could not, however, recall the last time I tried potato printing, so was keen to do something fun and playful.<\/p>\n
To challenge myself, I did not pre-draw the letters on to the potatoes and I didn’t worry about matching the sizes of the potatoes that I selected from my drawer.\u00a0 I used acrylic paint for my ‘ink’ and printed onto the paper grocery bag scraps that I had left over from wrapping a birthday present.\u00a0 I like the way that the thick pthalo blue paint looks on the recycled and reused brown paper.<\/p>\n
I worked quickly and had this completed in about 10 minutes.\u00a0 Most of that time was spent cutting the potatoes, and I smiled a bit to myself as I realized that many students would create their letter stamps backwards.\u00a0 It is something I always warn my students about, if they are designing a project with words in it.<\/p>\n
I really enjoy making things by hand and truly appreciate the time I spend weaving, crocheting, painting, throwing pottery and sewing.\u00a0 This added value of handmade items is part of what drives my creativity.\u00a0 I love the personal touch and the variety within the prints.\u00a0 However, there is no way that I would want to create an entire book using this method of printing and I am thankful that I can reflect upon my printing process by typing out this sentence on my MacBook . ????<\/p>\n
Thank you to Johannes Gutenberg for inventing the printing press and thank you to artisans like Paul Collier who help to keep some of the older technologies alive and working so that we can fully understand the advancements over time.<\/p>\n
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I opted for this task because I had just finished digging all the potatoes out of my garden, so it seemed like a sign, and I am just moving into a printmaking project with my grade 8\/9 Drawing and Painting class of 30 students this next week.\u00a0 With my background in Art, I have … <\/p>\n