Still about China, what better way to reproduce the huge
Terracotta Army of Xi’an, except through a printing technique? We used the most simple and cheap:
- foam engraved with a sharp pencil
- acrylic paint applied with a flat brush
- printing on colored card with hand pressure
Every student could prepare one soldier and print it 5-6 times.. so your Army shall be massive!
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| engrave with a sharp pencil |
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| cut the soldier |
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| paint with acrylic colour on the matrix |
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| print on a cardboard wit gently hand pressure |
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| be careful to put pressure on the whole figure |
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| use different type of cardboards |
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| here is our Army! |
I was aware of this technique, and I really like the 'topic' you chose...
ReplyDeletethank you Silvia! It's very easy to do, even at home with little children!
DeleteVery impressive! The terracotta army looks great overlapped using different papers!
ReplyDeleteI thought to the rows of terracotta soldiers... everyone is different!
DeleteWhat a terrific way to explore printing. I love the way the figures overlap and extend off the background paper!!
ReplyDeleteIf you have some different ideas about the background, tell me!! I'm thinking about the ranks of soldiers...
DeleteGreat subject! These turned out so great. How old were the kids who did these? Are these their samples or yours. I'll need to do some research on China!
ReplyDeleteHi Patty! they are 11 years old. One of the soldier is my sample, the others are of children... I'm doing that with small groups, when I have more pictures I'll show you!
DeleteThanks, Miriam. I think my sixth grade boys (11-12 years olds) would LOVE this project. I mean, who doesn't love warriors?
DeleteThese are wonderful!A great way to explore art history and printmaking :)
ReplyDeleteLovely job Miriam! These also remind me of brass rubbings, with the metallic images on black paper, and all of the detail. Did you have trouble with the acrylic paint drying before the entire image was ready to print?
ReplyDeleteHi Renèe! The image is around 16 cm height, so, if you use acrylic paint no too dry will be ok! The better way is to use a big flat paintbrush (bigger than in my sample), so you can cover the surface quickly and print it at once... try!
Deletetell me about your result!
Hi Miriam
ReplyDeleteThis technique would be a great way to create a big group art project. I can imagine rows of Wayne Thiebaud-inspired cakes. Thanks for posting!
great idea, also with colored printings! I'll try!
DeleteThese are so much better then the ones we did earlier this year. It's fun to know that a simular exhibit is by you and by me... both so far apart. I will be pinning this for sure... nice work!
ReplyDeletehttp://minimatisse.blogspot.com/2012/10/grid-project-of-terracotta-warriors.html
I saw your post about terracotta army and grid project last October... I remember that! I thought about printing just to do a massive army on the wall with lots of soldiers... as great as in Xi'an! Thank for your post!
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