By Paula Briggs

This resource shares a useful screen printing hack which is both cost effective and artistically liberating! Try it with your pupils…

Teenagers love screen printing but it is something I have personally shied away from teaching on the grounds that a) you need plenty of silk screens which can be expensive, and b) washing and drying large screens takes time and you need access to a large sink. It’s certainly not something I would try with a whole class. 

In the resource below, I came up with a way to enable pupils to make screen prints in such a way that a whole class could make prints at the same time, without the need for expensive screens. We got great results and the teenagers (and myself) found the speed of process very empowering. 

A full outline of our process is available below.

You can also see how we made prints inspired by Shepard Fairey, and our end results. 

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We kicked off the programme with a quick making challenge which would act as an ice-breaker and introduce students to an array of materials.

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Students were given the opportunity to further explore expressive mark making as a tool for self-expression and a vehicle for communication.

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Students enjoyed monoprinting on a large scale by rolling printing ink and acrylic paint directly onto the table and experimenting with ways to take prints.

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Students were invited to use their previously created monoprints to construct large scale collages inspired by the landscape surrounding the college.

Manipulating Clay with Water

In this session teenagers had an abundance of clay and the freedom to play and manipulate form.

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And to Pink Pig sketchbooks for their continued support of AccessArt and providing young people with beautiful books for this project.

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In this session students were given the challenge of making building blocks out of mixed media and using them to build a sculpture. They were encouraged to experiment with balancing different elements together and setting themselves the challenge of seeing how far they could build before their constructions collapsed.

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Students were guided on drawing exercises designed to explore drawing as a tool for seeing and being in the here and now.

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Students were led on a guided drawing experience of drawing through touch.

Arts and Minds: A ‘Heart-Work’ Conversation

Teenagers were introduced to graphite, charcoal, masking tape and acrylic paint as mediums for communal expressive mark making. A collective drawing was produced, whereby students were encouraged to work in collaboration and in response to each other.

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