April 3, 2013
Reductive Linoleum Prints
As a class, we went on a little field trip and did a photo scavenger hunt to try to capture interesting pictures. Students then picked their favorite to turn into a linoleum print. By hand, they colored on top of the grey tone photo, to simplify it into only 3 shades, black, white and grey. They traced these shapes onto linoleum and cut them in layers, printing in whichever colors they wished. Here they are:
Gabby Katsma
Rachel Tougas
Grace Wombacher
Diana German
Cambria Robinson
Amber Clark
Jesse Cantrell
Tessa Lyman
Tiffanie Rook
Alice Pfeiffenberger
Shyann Washik
Iris Anderson
Hayden Tiner
May 19, 2011
Self Portrait Prints
To take a break from clay, Seward High’s Ceramic Classes did printmaking for their final project. They made 2 layer linocut self portrait prints. They began by photographing themselves an interesting pose, which was adjusted on photoshop under the threshold option. They traced all of the shapes of the photo onto a piece of linoleum. They then cut out the white areas and printed at least 4 copies in bright colors. Next, they cut out a bold pattern in the background and printed on top of the first prints in a darker color. They turned out great:
