Challenge 4 Polystyrene Tray
My inspiration totally deserted me for challenge 3, sorry!
So moving swiftly onto challenge 4. Polystyrene pizza trays are great for making very simple printing plates.
I used a "dead" cheap bic type biro andthe end of a pencil to indent my pattern into the first block, I then used acrylic paint to print onto the second block which I etched in the same way. Using this method its unusual to be able to get fine detail, and mistakes are hard to fix. You can use a soldering iron or stencil cutter, I wouldn't recommend this unless you use a respirator.
posted by Lara Lorelei at 1/07/2007 04:59:00 pm
4 Comments:
I like the primitive look. Nice effect and thanks for the explanation. I've been putting off this challenge, you've inspired me (hopefully to action!)
Thanks Kim, I'm pleased to hear you're inspired!
I put a couple more ideas on the group, I'm sure there are other ways the polystyrene can be used apart from these ideas.
Claire
I like these a lot, interesting to see the different effects using various media. Am trying something other than prints for my own attempt, not sure it will work though!
I love your prints, its amazing how much detail you can get.
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