Dream Home Collagraph

Dream Home Collagraphs 

2nd Grade Printmaking

What is a collagraph?  A collagraph is a form of printmaking in which various materials are glued onto a surface, such as cardboard.   Ink is then applied to the “printing plate” and is used like a stamp to create images!

To begin this unit, students looked at homes from around the world, finding architectural details and discussing why homes are different in different places and in different cultures.   

Students then planned out their dream houses just like architects and created a sketch.  Students cut, glued, and layered materials with different textures to construct their dream home.  The next step was rolling ink onto the collagraphs and pressing paper onto them to create multiple prints.  

Finally, students used oil pastels to alter one of their printed images.  


The process:

This student's current home is her dream home.  Lucky for her, she could look out the window at it for reference!

Printmaking!

Here are some images of their finished pieces.  

The top image is the printing plate and the bottom image is the altered print.