Aluminum foil printmaking

This mixed-media art tutorial shows how to create easy tin foil art, as seen in the May/June 2017 issue of Cloth Paper Scissors magazine.

6th grade student with his art pieces; he holds the original printing plate turned into an aluminum foil relief sculpture and one of his prints on watercolor paper. 6th graders recently completed a printmaking unit, involving many stages of production. First, we learned about Japanese artist and printmaker Hokusai, who created the famous print, The Great Wave At Kanagawa: Hokusai, The Great Wave Off Kanagawa, 1830 We also learned about other printmakers from art history, such as Albrecht…

Kitchen foil printing plates are great for children and community workshops, its very cheap and you will probably already have what you need to do it, so

We had some extra time in 5th grade, so we experimented with aluminum foil printmaking. They drew a design of their choice with a Sharpie marker on their paper. Then we used washable markers on foil and water to turn the markers into paint. Then we took a monoprint of the color onto our papers. Interesting results and it may be a technique we incorporate into future projects. :)

The children use white glue and aluminum foil to create prints with positive and negative lines. For ages 9 to 13. Plan 3 sessions. KEY IDEAS Creating unique effects through relief printing Working with positive and negative lines Understanding and using printing terms Making more than one print from a single printing plate LANGUAGE relief printing, positive lines, negative lines, printing plate, brayer YOU WILL NEED Liquid glue in small squeeze bottles (one per child) Cardboard with a…

Here is a fun and easy way to introduce Printmaking to your elementary students. First you will need Aluminum Foil. You can buy it HERE Amazon or get it at the Dollar Tree. Just beware you foil is not so thin that is will tear when rubbed. I go for the Reynolds because it is heavier and I can reuse it on other 3D and paper mâché projects. If your foil does not have a clean flat edge simple fold it over. This is important because this is how students will register (line-up) their prints. I…

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Kitchen lithography is a fantastic technique that draws from the principles of traditional lithography but uses items found in your kitchen along with just a few standard printmaking items! You can even use a baren to take the print so you can try this at home without a press. A piece of drypoint plastic works …