Printmaking

Printmaking it something very new to me.  I had never done it before my value project in Design Fundamentals, and then shortly after I had completed that I did it again in History of Graphic Design.

The goal was to carve our names, in some creative way, into a large eraser block.  I found the eraser block much easier to carve than the linoleum we used in Design Fundamentals, so I feel pretty confident in how it turned out.

1. The first step was to draw my name, with pencil, onto a piece of tracing paper.
2. Next, I flipped the tracing paper over and placed it directly on top of the eraser block.
3. I then traced over it, the opposite way, which transferred the graphite onto the eraser block in reverse.
4. I then used the speedball carving tool, sizes 2 and 3 to cut around the letters and border.
5. Once the design was finished, I used a brayer and black ink and rolled the ink onto the stamp.
6. Lastly, I placed the stamp onto the paper and rubbed the back to ensure that all the ink made it to the paper.
7. And there you have it!  My first and middle initial and my last name.