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GuideArt and creativity2026-09-16

Printmaking at the kitchen table

Three projects from the academy’s art table that need no press: a leaf print, a string print, and a two-colour cardboard plate.

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Printmaking at the kitchen table

The art table at camp is not a craft corner. It teaches the same thing the court does: do it again, and look at what changed.

Leaf print

Roll a thin layer of ink or paint onto a leaf, place it on paper, cover it with a second sheet and press with the flat of your hand. Peel slowly.

String print

Dip a length of string in ink, lay it in a loop on one half of a folded sheet, fold and pull the end. The result is different every time, which is the point.

Two-colour cardboard plate

Cut shapes from thick cardboard and glue them down. Print once in one colour. Move the shapes and print again in a second colour that overlaps the first.

Clean-up that is not a fight

Newspaper under everything, one wipe per hand, and the prints drying somewhere nobody walks.

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