{"id":26577,"date":"2019-11-01T21:20:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T21:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smallhandsbigart.com\/shba-2\/?p=26577"},"modified":"2020-02-01T08:01:29","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T12:01:29","slug":"its-a-small-world-collagraph-prints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smallhandsbigart.com\/south-charlotte\/its-a-small-world-collagraph-prints\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s a Small World Collagraph Prints"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Disney inspired It’s a Small World collagraph printmaking art project literally lit us up!<\/h4>\n

We did an “It’s a Small World” inspired cardboard relief collage project over the summer with our younger students (you can ooh & aah over them here<\/a><\/strong><\/span>).\u00a0 That fun project must have given us the fever because I just couldn’t get these beautiful shapes out of my head!<\/p>\n

So we decided to put a teen spin on it and do a collagraph printmaking project!<\/p>\n

We used a heavy 6 ply black poster board for the print plate.\u00a0 Why black, you ask?\u00a0 We love to turn our printing plate into a 2nd piece of art after pulling prints, and we love the way that chalk or oil pastels grab ahold of the toothy texture of the dried printing ink!\u00a0 The contrast of the bright colors against the black is so stunning.<\/p>\n

But you’ll just have to take a word on THAT, because we never actually made it that far since we decided to do these super large scale (16×16), which was very time consuming!\u00a0 The first class period (1.5 hours) was spent cutting and creating their printing plates.\u00a0 We used a strong glue stick and then gave it a thick coat of Mod Podge to seal all the pieces in place.\u00a0 Trust me, that’s a huge benefit when using glue sticks because when you print them, all their little pieces won’t come flying off and stick to the brayer.\u00a0 You’ll be able to pull several nice prints with a sturdy Mod Podge reinforced plate!<\/p>\n

\"Disney<\/p>\n

The successful creation of a layered collagraph print is generally a 2-3 session project for us. Its an ideal project for a week of summer camp, and the technique we use can be modified or shortened to be completed within 2 class sessions.<\/p>\n

CREATING YOUR PRINTMAKING PLATE:<\/h4>\n