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:
