We started embroidery by watching a video of Faith Ringgold and how she would write stories about her childhood through quilts. So we made an embroidery sampler and had to do 8 samples of stitches and and make a mini project. Then we used our own hoop, and needle to start our own project. For my project I decided to go floral and do something simple and cute. Luckily, if we had trouble threading the needle we would use an embroidery floss and use that to thread our needles. I liked embroidery because it was fun to learn new stitches and make a cool project.
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We started carving with an EZ carve. We started learning how to use the carving tools on that so we were able to do it on the linoleum. Carving on the linoleum is a lot different than the EZ carve, it hardens much faster and its harder to get through. In order to print well you need to carve deep on the places you don’t want to show up. The ink dries fast and you need to work fast in order for it to print fully. The brayers only work really well if you do it fat and cover it completely in ink. It was a lot of work, but it was fun to learn how to carve. The ink is something you need to work quick with since it dries extremely quick.The printing block is also something that you need to be able to do quickly and precisely. However, being able to use a brayer and using many layers of ink can make it easier to print.
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March 2018
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