State Printmaking

Eighth grade students have been working extremely hard on a printmaking project in the BMS Art Room!  Each student chose a state and conducted research to find interesting facts about their chosen state.  They designed a drawing to represent their state and went through multiple steps to create a linoleum block print.

Once the linoleum printing blocks were carved using various sizes of carving tools, students were ready to print!  Brayers were used to apply printing ink to the surface of the linoleum block.  Students completed their prints by pressing them onto white paper.  Each student made a limited edition of their prints by signing and numbering them and matted them onto a construction paper background.  Artist statements were written to complete the project.