Wire pressed into foam for relief printing tools

Press chicken wire into foam to make a relief  stamp for Printing by Linda Germain
Press wire into foam to make a relief stamp for Printmaking

I cut a piece of chicken wire to see what kind of marks or printmaking tools I could make.

  1. First I tried to attach it to a board to get it to lay flat – not happy.
  2. I tried laying fabric on top and doing a brayer rubbing – not so good
  3. I press the wire into foam – hmm? like it.
  4. Used the the foam relief tool to do a brayer rubbing. Success.

Wire is sharp and can be hard on the rest of my supplies. I was most pleased with the relief stamp.

Yeah! So now I can get rid of the roll of chicken wire that I have been holding on to and hoping to do something with.

Did you accept yesterday’s challenge? Did you make art with something that had been collecting dust in your studio?

You still have time. Grab one of those interesting “things” that speak to you and play!

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