MC Escher Printmaking

Printmaking

PROJECT INTRODUCTION:

Students will design their own triangular tessellation and use it to print make. The students will include images of nature in their tessellated triangle. Student will study the designs of MC Escher. Students will carve the design into Easy-cut. They will print large patterned works and cut and collage other works.

PROJECT EXPECTATIONS:

	Project	Requirements	Point Value	Due Date
Academic Practice	Brought in three Images	Brought in three magazine or computer printout Images	30	Jan. 9^th
Academic Practice	Practice drawings	Practice drawings that fill up one page in sketchbook.	30	Jan. 17^th
Academic Achievement	Paper Tessellated Triangle	Tessellated Triangle made with paper with Images Drawn on	25	Jan. 19^th
	Easy-Cut Tessellated Triangle	Tessellated Triangle with Images cut into Easy-cut	25	Jan. 24^th
	Black Repetitive print on white large white Paper	Fill large provide paper with Tessellated Pattern. Alignment and craftsmanship is important.	25	Jan. 27^th
	Black Repetitive print on white large white Paper and colored with Color Pencils	Fill large provide paper with Tessellated Pattern. After print has dried color with color pencil. Alignment and craftsmanship is important.	25	Feb. 10^th
	Multiple color prints on multiple colored paper collage	Fill large provide paper with Tessellated Triangles printed with different colored inks on different colored paper. Cut and paste to for a collage of the different prints that are puzzled together. Alignment and craftsmanship is important.	25	Feb. 10^th

Brought in images, practice drawings, paper Tessellated Triangle, and Easy-Cut Tessellated Triangle must be approved before you should move onto the next step.

Excellent craftsmanship is crucial to keeping your triangle tessellated and your prints clean. Keep crisp edges!!

Sketchbook Assignments are due at the start of class.

Critique and Project Due: February 17^th