Printmaking
During Term 1, the ELC children in both the Melaleuca and Wattle groups explored printmaking. They began by completing observational drawings of bugs with ink and sticks to gain an understanding of the shapes that would need to be used to form an insect. They then produced collograph printing plates of a bug using different materials such as corrugated card, lace, hessian, brown card that was cut and collaged together. This plate was then printed using block ink and the impression of their bug when printed onto the paper using a panini press. The children then investigated monoprinting using a Gelli plate to create a background. They used texture plates and leaves to add interesting patterns.