Embossing

=EMBOSSING WITH NATURE=

-Embossing refers to the creation of an impression of some kind of design, decoration, lettering or pattern on another surface like paper, cloth, metal and even leather, to make a relief.  **WHAT IS A RELIEF?** -Either a raised or depressed surface area CREATING A TACTILE TEXTURE LOOK AT THE SAMPLES PROVIDED. CAN YOU THINK OF OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN EMBOSSED? **HISTORY TIMELINE OF PRINTING:**
 * WH AT IS EMBOSSING? **
 * 618 to 906: T’ang Dynasty - the first printing is done in China using ink on carved wooden blocks begins to make multiple transfers of an image to paper.
 * 868: The Diamond Sutra is printed.
 * 1241: Koreans print books using movable type.
 * 1300: The first use of wooden type in China.
 * 1309: Europeans first make [|paper]. However, the Chinese and Egyptians had started making paper centuries previous.
 * 1338: First papermill opened in France.
 * 1390: First papermill opened in Germany.
 * 1392: Foundries that can produce bronze type are opened in Korea.
 * 1423: In Europe block printing is used to print books.
 * 1452: In Europe, metal plates are first used in printing. [|Gutenberg] begins printing the Bible which he finishes in 1456.
 * 1457: First color printing by Fust and Schoeffer.
 * 1465: Drypoint engravings invented by Germans.
 * 1476: William Caxton begins using a Gutenberg printing press in England.
 * 1477: Intaglio is first used for book illustration for a Flemish book called Il Monte Sancto di Dio.
 * 1495: First papermill opened in England.

**ANTIQUE PRINTING PRESS:** **MONEY BEING PRINTED** **OLD PRINTING PRESS LETTERS. WHAT DO YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE LETTERS?**

**HISTORY OF BOTANICAL PRINTS**
 * Botanical illustration ** is the art of depicting the form, color, and details of plant species,frequently in [|watercolor] paintings.


 * PROJECT GUIDELINES: **
 * COLLECT RELATIVELY FLAT NATURE ITEMS AND CREATE A COMPOSITION ON CARDBOARD COVERED WITH WAX PAPER.
 * PREPARE A SMALL BOWL OF WATER WITH WATER AND LIGHT COLORING USING INKS
 * GET SMALL STRIPS OF PLASTER WRAP WET.
 * LIGHTLY WRING OUT EXCESS WATER
 * PLACE THE PLASTER WRAP ON TOP OF THE PRESS LIGHTLY TO START,AND THEN INCREASE THE PRESSURE
 * CROSS THE STRIPS OVER EACH OTHER, AND CREATE A SQUARE OUT OF THE PLASTER WRAP.
 * ALLOW TO DRY FOR 20 MINUTES
 * TURN ARTWORK OVER AND CAREFULLY PEAL OFF THE NATURE ITEMS
 * ALLOW TO DRY OVERNIGHT.
 * NEXT WEEK, WE WILL WATERCOLOR IN THE NATURE ITEMS