In her playdough play recently, Boo has taken to pressing objects into the dough to create impressions, and it occurred to me that here was some printmaking potential, so we grabbed our chance today, whilst the wee one slept.
You simply roll out the dough to create a flattish surface (not too thin).
Then you go about pressing objects into the surface to create indentations.
Roll the printing ink over the surface using a printmaking roller, lay the paper over the top, press gently, and voila!
Here's some I did...
... and here's all our prints together...
I make my own playdough, so I'm not too bothered about it getting covered in printing ink. Have fun printing!
Another great idea.
I love the last shot with them all together so bright and varied and cheery.
My little ones(2and4) love play-doh, and I think my 2 big girls (7and9) would really get into the printing idea. Most days I feel too tired to think up anything creative for myself to do, let alone my girls.
I'm taking a mono printing workshop this summer, maybe my creative juices will start flowing again then.
Cheers
Posted by: Leah Beecher | 05/29/2011 at 08:41 PM
I love monoprinting, its so immediate and there are lots of different ways to do it - enjoy your workshop! Cath
Posted by: Cath Hughes | 06/05/2011 at 09:10 PM