Autumnal printed patterns

In our second session artist Veena Scialo returned as the regular tutor for the older children at Pelham Art Club.

She continued the pattern theme that I begun the week before when we looked at the work of Bridget Riley. This time the children were inspired by autumnal seed pods and made some lovely drawings which they developed into patterns .

They added colour and thought about repeating motifs.

The following week Veena introduced them to the idea of making a pattern block to make a repeating pattern inspired by natural forms.

The children devised patterns by looking at seedpods again

The patterns were carved onto polystyrene blocks and used to print with

We rolled ink onto the block then carefully printed a repeating pattern onto different coloured papers. Its magic when you lift off the printing block to reveal what lies underneath.

It requires lots of concentration to make sure you make sure the block is placed in the right place each time.

some of the finished results were quite complex!

Beautiful work everyone!