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INK SPATTERING 



BLUEPRINT 



PRINTER'S INK PRINT 



When the whole surface of the paper is covered, you can finally 

 remove the leaf and what remains is a perfect outline of the leaf, 

 surrounded by hundreds of little spatters of ink. You can get inter- 

 esting effects by varying the combination of ink and paper colors. 



How TO MAKE PRINTS WITH PRINTER'S INK 



Leaf prints made with printer's ink have the advantage 

 over spatter prints that they show not only the outline of the leaf 

 but also many of its veins. The materials you need for this third 

 process are: a tube of printer's ink (any color) , a sheet of window 

 glass slightly larger than the leaves, a rubber roller, and several 

 sheets of paper. 



Roll out a thin film of ink on the surface of the glass. Next 

 place the leaf, with its underside down, on this inked surface. 

 Put a piece of paper over the leaf and work the roller over it 

 several times. Now you can discard the paper and lift the leaf 

 from the ink. 



To make your print, place the leaf, with the inked side down, 

 on a sheet of clean paper. Place another sheet of paper over it and 

 work the roller back and forth directly over the paper-covered 

 leaf. Now remove the top paper and leaf and allow the finished 

 print to dry. 



When the youngster has made a series of leaf prints or mounted 

 the actual leaves, his collection will mean a great deal more to 



