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The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition ProgramLino-Cut Prints continued*Heat up the lino in the tin dish prior to cutting into it but DO NOT leave the lino on the dish unsupervised.Turn off the heat before placing the lino in the dish and leave the lino there only for aminute or so.3. Pass out lino pieces (one per student) and pencils and have students transfer their image totheir plates.4. Have students cut into their plates with linocutters to create their image. Demonstrate differentmark making methods to create tone and volume such as cross-hatching, thin and thick lines,etc.5. Roll out ink evenly on the Plexiglas and show students how not to over ink the plates. If thishappens, ink will get in the grooves and the lines will not show. Explain how, in their print, whatthey have cut (the lines) will remain white.*relate this back to Snow Geese by Illingworth Kerr.6. Lay newsprint paper over the inked plate and, using a spoon (or other implement), evenlypress the paper on the plate to create a proof of the image.*a proof is a “rough” print of the image and allows students to see if andwhere more cutting is needed to refine the composition. *Make sure the paper is at leasttwo inches larger than the lino plate.7. Remove the newsprint paper to reveal the transferred, printed image.8. If necessary, clean the lino plate with water and refine the image by further ‘cutting’.9. Re-ink the plate to create a second proof and agin refine if necessary.10. Once final image is achieved, ink the plate and print on clean construction or cartridge paper.11. Have students create a title and sign it with their name IN PENCIL at the bottom of theirprint.Printing more than one print: A student may print more than one print but he/she hasto wash the plate off and dry it first with paper towel.*For an alternative, have students cut a linoleum print as usual. However, insteadof printing onto a single white sheet of paper, have students prepare the paper beforehand withfree-form pieces of coloured tissue paper. Have tissue papers cut or torn and glued in appropriatelocations on the printing paper. After the coloured tissues are scurely glued, the black-inkedcut linoluem is positioned over it and pressed heavily onto the paper. Then the ink block isremoved. The result is a colourfully constructed linoluem block print.AFA Travelling Exhibition Program, Edmonton, AB Ph: 780.428.3830 Fax: 780.421.0479youraga.ca
The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition ProgramOrigami Crane Activity“Origami” is a Japanese word: “ori”, meaning fold, and “gami”, meaning paper. One of the most famousorigami designs is the Japanese crane. Legend says that anyone who folds one thousand paper craneswill have their heart’s desire come true. The origami crane has become a symbol of peace because of thislegend and because of the true story of a young girl named Sadako Sasaki who lived in Hiroshima, Japantoward the end of World War II.Her tale is told in the book, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr.1. Start with a perfectly squaresheet of paper. Most origamipaper is coloured on one side.4. Fold it diagonally with thewhite side out. (In this case,pink). Line it upcorner to corner.to get this...2. Begin by folding one edgeto meet the other with thecoloured side outward. In thiscase, the orange side.5. Open up the paper, repeatStep 4 in the other directionand open up the paper again.7. With the open side pointingtowards the left, fold one corner ofthe square so the edge is lined upwith the centre line.3. Open up the paperand lay it flat. Now repeatstep 2 it in the other directionand open it up again.6. Lay the paper with thepink side up. Bring in the sidecorners while bringing the topcorner down.8. Repeat step#7 with theother flap.AFA Travelling Exhibition Program, Edmonton, AB Ph: 780.428.3830 Fax: 780.421.0479youraga.ca
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