Insect PVA Ink Prints

Insect PVA Ink Prints

Last week the children made print templates by drawing their insect onto thick cardboard. PVA glue was applied from squeeze bottles to go over the outlines. The PVA had been mixed with talcum powder to give it a thick consistency before being put into the bottles.

This week the children practised drawing leaves before I painted shellac onto the template. While the shellac was wet the children scratch the leaves into the background using wooden sticks

After allowing time to dry they had a great time rolling white printers ink onto the template. They worked in pairs to help each other hold the template and make sure the ink was evenly rolled on the inkpad. This took some time to get the ink to cover the template adequately enough to print onto black paper.

The delight on their faces when they saw the print was priceless.

Next week the children will be doing more printing using the same template. We will experiment with colours and different types of paper.

By using the shellac the templates have been made stronger and the cardboard will not come to pieces when getting wet from the ink.

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