Once they finished making cardboard mono-prints on paper (see my last blog post for instructions), my students didn't toss their cardboard "printing plate," they used it to create a new tactile finished piece of art!
The back ink that had been rolled on from printing gave it a nice dark undercoat. Students choose from a wide range of media to layer. Some collaged torn strips of scrapbook paper and others collaged carefully cut parts of wall paper. to keep those shapes from standing out too much, some used whisps of spray paint, or pastel (oil or chalk), to unify the parts of the image. For more contrast, a stencil and spray paint could be used to create more contrast and help their focal point pop out a little. Some students used paint pens. Other patterned stencils were used to activate the background or add another layer of color.
The piece of art that was made from the printing matrix is facing the opposite direction as the print. This is an important lesson for future print projects: left is right and right is left. If you are using words, you would have to write them backwards using mirror writing, like Leonardo daVinci did in his notebook. There are so many little fun things to discuss and learn in multi-media projects like this one. I just love how they turned out, and the fact that they're tactile is a double win for my students who are blind.
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