Peer Teaching
Printmaking | Kitchen Lithography
In this module of the Professional Master of Education, students had the opportunity to lead a lesson of their choice and to teach their peers, sharing and learning skills, experience, practices, resources, and ideas, all of which could then be used in future teaching. It was also an opportunity for teaching practice, in a third level setting. It was designed to allow artists to draw from their own practice. I decided to learn and share a new skill instead, due to there being a number of other students in the group who had decided to concentrate on textile skills (embroidery, weaving, felting, doll/puppet making). I had some prior experience of lino printmaking from school and had completed an etching course at Blackchurch Printmaking Studios in 2014, so it was enjoyable to explore, learn and teach my peers this fast, cheap and safe printmaking technique.
Kitchen Lithography and Paper Marbling
I chose kitchen lithography because it is a quick and non-toxic version of traditional lithography, using household and kitchen materials. I was interested to experiment with the process and I thought it would be an area that could work well in the classroom and so be hugely beneficial for peer learning. I thought students would enjoy it too, as it uses Cola instead of acid to develop the printing plate and it is possible to experiment with a range of drawing materials like chocolate, butter or any other oily substance, so it has a novelty factor that young people might enjoy.
I also taught a complementary process of simple paper marbling using shaving foam and ink, to add an extra dimension to the lesson, again using a household material, in shaving foam.
Gallery - Peer Teaching
