Relief Printmaking Relief printing is a process where protruding surface faces of the printing plate or block are inked; recessed areas are ink free.

Key Concept: Identity Grade 8 Unit 1: Print making - what a relief! Related Concepts: Expression Global Context: Identities and Relationships Grade 8 Unit 1: Print making - what a relief! Statement of Inquiry - "The unexamined life is not worth living” Socrates 470-399 BC Reflection is an essential part of learning; in this unit we will be reflecting not only our developing Art skills but also identifying and challenging pre-conceptions we might have. KUDs Know – about how we perceive the things we draw, and how we can develop this skill. Understand – More about our ideas and pre-conceptions about Art, talent and what makes a ’high quality’ art work Do – produce a series of drawings, some of which communicate ideas we have about ourselves and translate these into relief prints. Inquiry Questions: Factual which success criteria can I use to ensure high quality work? Conceptual to what extent is visual art practice self exploration? Debatable Do I believe in talent and what implications do my beliefs have for me as a developing artist?

KNOW: How other artists have used printmaking to tell us about their identity. UNDERSTAND: the options you have in choosing from a range of challenges DO: Once you have completed your hand drawing 1.black and white painting of a ‘ball on a table’ 2.make a printing block for this as a way of learning the relief print-making process. (summative assessment task) 3.photographing drawings and making our websites.

It is a think not a thing

http://www. livescience. com/43639-who-invented-the-printing-press http://www.livescience.com/43639-who-invented-the-printing-press.html Firstly – why make a print rather than a drawing or painting? So where in the world was this innovative machine to print images and text first invented?

Albrect Dürer – 1471-1528

Analysis of Albrecht Dürer ‘Melencolia I’ https://www. nga This print is full of information about Dürer’s thoughts and feelings. ’Pair and share’ – with a partner you are going to note everything that you see in the print that might have meaning. Just look closely, circle things that seem to be symbolic and write down ideas about what it might be about.

Criterion C: Thinking Creatively Going beyond obvious solutions The Brief: You are going to make a relief print that communicates information about you, more than just how you look. Roughly A4 size. (Internal as well as External things – your inner life and/or outer appearance) Criterion C: Thinking Creatively Going beyond obvious solutions Using symbolism Creating mood/atmosphere Documenting all your ideas – no judgment!

You could - Make a relief print based on the drawing of your hand holding an object or objects. In your hands by Sean Lingwood https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/359373245242344981/

You could - Make a relief print based on a photograph you take of yourself expressing an idea/emotion and then use Photoshop to make it into an image suitable to work from. You could take photographs of objects if they are symbolic of an aspect of who you are. As long as you explain in your statement of intent how the image communicates a ‘self portrait’.

You could – ‘steal’ an idea from another artist - Kathe Kollwitz - http://nydamprintsblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2011/05/kathe-kollwitz-superprintmaker.html

You could – look for ways to make your print even more challanging - Multi-colour relief print http://matthewivey.co.uk/ IB Learner Profile: Risk Taking!

You could print on top of a collage. You could overlap prints You could print on top of a collage. You could overlap prints. You could have more than one printing block. This is where you as an artist have input into the direction of your work – be ambitious!