Modern Architecture PolyPrinting

Poly Printing


MATERIALS NEEDED:

- Printing ink (water based), I use Essdee Premium Quality Block Printing Ink
-Printing roller, (it would be useful to have 2) 
-Printing tray for ink, I use plastic sheeting 
-Polystyrene sheet for print
-Biro pen
-Pencil 
-Tracing paper 
-Paper for final print 
 

Modern British Architecture

 Poly-printing project 


Poly-printing is the process where by drawings are carved into polystyrene with a simple biro pen and then this is printed to a create positive and negative drawn print. 

Step One

 
Trace the basic outlines of your image 
Add in details such as windows, doors etc. 


Step Two



Lay your tracing over your polystyrene sheet the opposite way around (so the pencil side is touching the polystyrene).

Draw over the tracing so the pencil transfers onto the polystyrene. You need to press into the polystyrene but not too hard.

Step Three


With a biro pen draw into the polystyrene to make the outline lines bolder and thicker for printing. 

Press down far enough so that you can feel a gap in the polystyrene but not so that it goes through. 


Layer One 

Printing ink should be applied to the polystyrene printing plate using a roller so there is an even layer of ink on the surface. 

The print should be pressed onto paper using a clean roller to release the ink. 

Step four


For the second layer add in additional details such as textural mark making and architectural details.

Consider light and dark areas and colour in areas where you want to keep the colour of the first later. This will press into the print so that the next layer colour will not print onto these sections.

Thicken lines so that the first layer lines show as well as the second layer.

Layer Two


Final piece



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