Michelle Rowley, a fine artist & printmaker, worked with students from Plessington High School, Hilbre High School & Bidston Avenue Primary School to develop a variety of prints drawing upon Flaybrick Cemetary, local architecture & school architecture. Screenprinting & relief printing using polystirene & card were employed to explore buildings & structures to produce repeated images in a subtle & creative way.

Printing: There are four major methods of duplicating images by printing:

The relief process, where raised surfaces are inked & pressed onto paper. The most common materials from which areas can be cut away, which will appear white when the raised inked surfaces will print black, are linoleum (linocuts); and wood ( woodcuts, when using the side surface; wood engraving, when using the end surface ). Drawing with a biro into polystirene is a simple relief method.

The intaglio process, where incised (lowered surfaces) are inked & pressed onto paper. The most common material into which incised lines are cut is metal, usually copper, zinc or steel. The grooves may be scratched (drypoint), cut (engraving ), or bitten into the surface with acid ( etching ).

The surface process, where flat areas are inked & pressed onto paper. Originally developed from drawing onto smooth-surfaced stones ( lithography ), it is now used on prepared metal plates.

The stencil process, where images are cut into a strong, thin material & ink pushed through onto the paper, either by brushes, rollers or a squeegee (a rubber blade) is called Screenprinting.

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This page was last updated on Thursday, 27 January, 2005