Collagraph printing is a form of printmaking that uses collage materials to create a relief plate. This plate can then be inked so that the textures of the materials appear in the resulting print. Fifth graders used a variety of materials to create their plates, and were allowed a wide latitude for playing with imagery either representational or nonrepresentational. They focused mainly on the textures of the materials they had at their disposal and worked with their inks to create prints that showed them the best.

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Holly

Skylar

Ziva

Iris

Sawyer

Aedan

Cydney

Lila

Lila

Sydney

Maddie

Zara

Zoe

Will

Dante