Relief Printing

 This week, 2nd grade students learned about Relief Printing and created the Turtle Relief Printings with leftover styrofoam lunch boxes.  In the relief process, the artist carves away the area of the picture he doesn't want to print, leaving only the image area raised. The ink/paint is applied to the surface with a brayer. The carved away areas don't receive any ink/paint and, therefore, won't appear on the finished print. Relief printing is usually done with a carved piece of wood. However, we were able to achieve similar results using a piece of styrofoam!

The students had a great time making several prints of their design.