We have been having fun doing relief printing. Relief printing is a printmaking technique that allows a design to be repeated multiple times. This technique sees a design created on a surface - known as a printing plate - which is then rolled or painted with ink and printed onto paper or fabric.

The design on the printing plate can be cut away, or added on top, but it has to be raised. The areas that are raised will pick up the ink, meaning any designs drawn on a flat printing plate won't work.

To create our prints, we started off drawing our design on a polystyrene. We all designed a portrait inspired by Andy Warhol. We then carved into the block so that only ink is printed. We covered our paint using a roller and then printed it into our books to create a mirror image. We then pressed over with a clean roller to create our prints.

Voila!