Printing processes that use everyday materials to develop a creative focus for anyone, anywhere By Ruth Purdy
By Ruth Purdy
As a freelance artist providing sessions in the care sector, I work with non-traditional audiences in non-traditional arts spaces.
My practice relies on working with multiple disciplines and the reinvention of processes designing for accessibility.
Here are some starting points from which your great printing projects can begin using everyday materials; I hope you enjoy them.
Printing with fingers and thumbs
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Tilly M
May 26, 2016 @ 7:55 am
Thank you for sharing Ruth – I work in Early Years arts, & have done some basic monoprinting with the children. These ideas will extend their learning nicely!
Frances D
November 3, 2022 @ 11:20 am
Great ideas, thanks. Creating printing blocks for repeat printing is a super activity. Children learn that levels and pressure are important factors in printmaking. I like to introduce the idea of rhythm in pattern but also to use various blocks in picture making, eg an imaginative flowering plant with all the correct attributes labelled (stem, roots, stamens etc.) to link with science (Yr 1/2)