GRAPHIC INTRODUCTION 2: TAGBOARD BLOCKS

Tagboard is a stable, light weight compressed paper easily cut and ideal for designing blocks in "levels". The requirement was to create a realistic block design of 4 levels and include other materials for imparting graphic texture to the print.

There are many surfaces that lend themselves to this very nicely: string, sandpaper, screen, rough fabrics, etc. Water based glue can add both line and background texturing to the design.

    The left block composition has 5 levels of design --the base and 4 overlapping layers.
    The middle enlargement identifies the large flower contour, the individual petal levels, and 2 in the center.
    The block was further defined with glue shadowing in the flower body and background.
    Below are 2other examples of tagboard blocks with a respective print.

    In tagboard printing, designing with "levels" emphasizes the clear definition of edges. Being raised from the surface, the crayon hits the different layers sharply and color is thickly imparted. This effect is well noted in the left example.

A soft, thin paper for printing is recommended--newsprint or light weight bogus paper are very practical. Also, block materials should not be too thick to avoid tearing the paper during the printing process.

      Each of these examples utilized different collage materials: string in the first, split toothpicks in the second, and glue in the third. Sure beats rubbing pennies!

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