Calendar Art

We have recently completed some lino prints for our calendar art this year. Amy explains the process we went through to make these and tells us a little about her final print design.


Firstly in our table groups we got two photos of Maori carvings. Some of the carving designs that we liked and that were simple we sketched onto paper. We also got to walk around and sketch other table groups’ photos’.

Next we got three pieces of card and drew a koru on one card. Then we cut it out. We stuck the koru outline onto another piece of card and the koru onto the last piece. Once we did that we rolled ink all over the prints then printed them onto paper. We learnt that the stuff you take out is white and the stuff you leave in is the colour of the ink.

We finally got to carve. We got into pairs and got one chisel between us. I did a koru pattern because that’s what we were going to do later on. To carve properly you have to point the chisel away from you and your hands then dig into the lino. We had to print them by rolling ink all over them then printing them onto paper.

My koru designs represent my family. The bolder ones are for the boys and the swirler ones are for the girls. I came up with some of my designs from the carving designs we looked at earlier. 

Free digital collage made with Smilebox