In year 4 art, we have been learning the process of reduction press printing.
We used the drawings and plan from our previous lesson and 'worried away' the surface of a small piece of polystyrene in order to make our first print.
Then we inked up the roller in the printing tray and applied it to the polystyrene. After that, we pressed it onto the page producing a first print, and a ghost print. We experimented by rotated the block to see what it would look like.
Finally we produced third colour prints from Press Print reduction block after 'worrying away' more of the surface and inking up in a third colour.
The results are amazing. You can clearly see where the polystyrene has been adapted each time.
