Paste: Make it: Glue-line Relief Print. Key concepts: line, texture, space. Materials: smooth-surfaced cardboard, white school glue, aluminum foil, blunt pencil, black printmaking ink, two brayers, paper plate or cookie sheet, white printmaking or drawing paper. // For this project, we decided to research heraldry and do a coat of arms on a crest. We looked at different animals, plants and symbols as motifs and divided the crests into sections. // 1. “Draw” your subject matter on the cardboard with glue, filling up the space. Good subjects for young children include animals, fish, butterflies, and flowers. An older child might like historical or outer-space subjects, still life or figure studies. Let dry completely. 2. Once dry, use a glue stick all over the surface of the drawing and press down sheet of aluminum foil, using the heel of your hand to press along raised glue lines. 3. Use a blunt pencil to trace along the edges of the glue line to emphasize the relief. You may then go back into the spaces of the drawing and add patterns with the pencil, such as scales on a fish, spirals in a flower petal, or grass. You could think about dots, swirls, diamonds, stars, and all variations of lines. 4. Using the cookie sheet, roll out the ink with the brayer until the ink is tacky, and then apply ink to aluminum foil surface with pressure. 5. Lay the inked plate carefully on a large clean sheet of paper, face up, and place another clean sheet of drawing paper on top. Roll over the top evenly with the clean brayer, making sure all areas are pressed into the ink, especially the edges. 6. Pull up print carefully by the corner and let dry! // Project idea from Emphasis Art by Frank Wachowiak.