At the school I just started working at, I inherited the middle school "art program" as the humanities teacher. Apparently, there hasn't been much going on there in the area of upper grade art in a LONG time. I was very happy to carry the baton and dove right in. However, the limited art supplies and MESS of an "art" room, has been a struggle. While combing through the art closets a few weeks ago, I discovered TONS of these wooden blocks... weird. I moved them and thought, maybe we can do carving sometime...
As I was doing my weekly lesson planning, I see on Pinterest this ADORABLE idea for block printing. I remembered watching our AMAZING art teacher, back at my old school, working with the kids on carving Styrofoam and making prints. Cool. "That's what we're doing next week."
Then, as I continue my Pinterest research, I see a teacher having her students carve these linoleum blocks instead of styrofoam..."Wait, I've seen those before... I HAVE THOSE!" As I go digging back through the closet, I realize, not only do I have over 200 blocks, I also have all the carving tools, rollers, and printing plates! JACKPOT.
First, students designed a sketch, then, using transparency paper (which was also in the closet!), they rubbed the design onto a linoleum block.
Once transferred, we had a clear outline to carve. Carving took a while, but the end print products turned out pretty incredible!
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