Primary Prints
Published on 20. June 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-1-4081-1143-7 (ISBN)
Description
This is a follow on from the author's highly successful Handmade Prints. In it, she introduces a wide range of printmaking techniques that can be used with children of primary school age. The book is suitable for anyone who works with young children and everything one needs to know about printing equipment and techniques as well as how to manage groups of children is included. The book is filled with images of children making prints and the artwork they have produced. It is a sound and imaginative take on printmaking with children written by one of the UK's leading printmakers.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
200, full colour throughout
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4081-1143-7 (9781408111437)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Anne Desmet is one of the UK's leading printmakers. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers and her work appears in galleries throughout Europe. She is the co-author of our highly successful book, Handmade Prints.
Content
Acknowledgements Introduction 1 Equipment & materials 2 Inking & printing 3 Classroom management & cleaning up 4 Monotypes with cotton buds & pencils 5 Polystyrene blocks from pizza trays 6 DIY printing blocks for texture & pattern 7 Paper stencil prints & acetate 'stained glass' 8 Plasticene & mixed media prints with colour & texture 9 Mixed media collage prints (collagraphs) 10 Multi-colour prints from cereal boxes 11 Linocuts 12 Artists' books & displays of work Glossary of terms, techniques & materials Materials' suppliers Bibliography & Print Collections Index