Showing posts with label embossing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label embossing. Show all posts

Friday, June 8, 2018

Illuminated Letters

Sixth grade artists completed all their projects in time to work on one more! Two years ago I introduced metal repoussé to the then-sixth graders through a short end-of-the-year heraldry project (see below). 


Last year I started the year with an illuminated letter portfolio cover project, but I skipped over that this year. I thought the best way to combine the two projects was to have students created an illuminated letter with embossed metal... and I LOVE the outcome! Students worked on a small scale since we only have a few days left. I did not require them to fill the page, but for next year I think I want to have students fill the entire metal with designs and then glue them to paper where they extend the designs even further. I will be updating the Virtual Art Show soon, but until then, enjoy some of these in-progress photos!