Last term, Year 6 pupils designed and produced relief prints inspired by their topic of Darwin and evolution. These prints have been made using a number of prepared printing plates. The backgrounds are collagraph (collage) prints (printed from fabric attached to a cardboard base with PVA glue) and were printed using a printing press. The insects are hand printed from cardboard plates and are designed from their own observational drawings of insects cast in resin.
This project is incredibly hard with several complicated steps. It was a great opportunity for the children to further develop their printing skills, use multiple colours and use a printing press for the first time. Year 6 have worked incredibly hard on these and they look great!
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