Printing a border

Studying the borders of mosaics, and starting to design a border for their own mosaic.

Teaching Outcomes:

• To perfect the technique of printing individual small squares and review progress, analysing style and technique.

Children will:

• Make informed choices on colour and design based on prior knowledge and experience.
• Print a neat repeating border design with good technique.
• Evaluate and analyse their work and that of others.

• Examples of mosaics

• Several photographs of completed printed mosaics
• Visual access to the border-practice strips
• Wooden printing sticks some with a smaller end
• Printing rollers and trays
• White pencil crayons
• Some card border templates (60cm x 9cm)
• A large sheet of sugar paper per child (60cm x 45cm)

There are no weblinks needed for this session.