Craft Club - Printing

Printing might seem like something that you need special equipment for so our member Charlotte is going to show us how we can make simple but lovely prints using things that we have at home. There are lots of different types of printing but we are going to look at monoprinting (making a print using 'mark making') and hapazome (Japanese term meaning 'leaf -dye' which involves hitting flowers with a hammer!) Neither of these need special tools to carve/etch, and once we have printed a monotype then we can develope the image by adding drawing/ painting elements, or adding extra layers with stamps and stencils. Hapazome is also good for if you don't have paint, inks or stains available as we use the pigments within the actual flowers, so find strong colours or interesting shapes and bring fabric/paper and a hammer (preferably rubber!) Please see the below ideas for equipment you might…