Thursday 1 February 2024

LEGO Printmaking

Brian brought the LEGO press he made to Quelab to make a few LEGO prints:


The LEGO press
has moving parts


The LEGO press
fit in the palms of Brian's hands





Making LEGO prints


The LEGO set-up


Brian used smaller LEGO dots to make designs on the bigger LEGO plate:

Smaller LEGO dot pieces
were used to make the images


We made some nice two-colored prints:

Multi-colored LEGO prints
from passes with two different colors


Making the image
with smaller LEGO dot bits


We printed this abstract image


The PROCESS

Brian brought Speedball water-based inks to print with:

Brian brought these water-based inks
to print with


Rolling ink on glass
with an anti-skid mesh below


Inking the LEGO plate

Unlike when we use the Tortilla Press, the paper goes underneath the plate in this LEGO press.  Thus Brian turned the press upside down to insert the plate:

Inserting the plate
(when the press was upside down)

Then Brian turned the press over, the right way, and inserted the paper:

Inserting the cardstock paper strip

An extra push with his hand made better prints:

While the levers pressed down,
and extra push helped make better prints


The first print and press


The PRINTS:

The ink would dry
making prints of various densities


We also printed with other colors


The Dollar Tree sold 5x5 inch fake LEGO plates, which we could use to print on our other presses -- including the ABUSA Adjustable Tortilla Press:

5x5 inch fake gray LEGO plate
from Dollar Tree


The regular LEGO bits
snapped onto the fake LEGO plate


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