SUPER SILKSCREENING
Denise Clyne-Ruch
After studying the endan- gered species prints of Andy Warhol, and viewing several interviews with the was that students became aware of learned how to
were attached to my marker board
how prevalent the silkscreen process
with magnets. I had painted a test
is in the products they purchase and
paper (I chose a blinding shade of char-
treuse tempera) the
artist, my fifth-grade students were
recognize if their
still hungry for more information
own T-shirts and
about this eccentric artist, who tested backpacks were
every rule and broke most of them. I
printed with this
I decided that students
previous evening.
I held it in front of
each of the papers needed to experience how
on the board and Warhol created his prints.
decided that they needed to experience process.
let students vote on
the silkscreen process to truly under-
which color paper they wanted to use
stand how Warhol created his prints
Choosing Colors
to print.
and how complicated a process it is to As students entered the room on the
This resulted in a student-led
print in multiple colors.
first day of this two-session project,
color theory discussion augmented
An additional result of this project multiple colors of construction paper
