毕加索鸽子：用手工泡沫板制作版画

为再次表达我们对和平的渴望，我们受到毕加索钟爱的鸽子形象启发——他仅用几笔简洁线条便勾勒出鸽子。我们深知这位艺术家对战争的态度，愿将他的话语化为我们自己的心声：“我始终以‘和平’之名而自豪。”正因这一信念，他创作了《格尔尼卡》，作为对一切战争的呐喊；同样出于此意，他绘就那些鸽子，使之成为“和平”的普世象征。

他的艺术风格是立体主义（CUBISM）：仅凭几根简洁线条与简化形体，便传递出清晰明确的信息。本活动亦呼应着日益紧迫的主题——捍卫和平与人权。

我们选用手工泡沫板（CRAFT FOAM）作为版画印版。先用记号笔直接在泡沫板上描摹鸽子图形，徒手临摹一幅毕加索风格的鸽子；再用尖头铅笔（POINTED PENCIL）刻划出凹痕。随后将图形剪下，并保留裁剪后剩余的泡沫碎片。利用这些碎片，我们拼出文字添加至鸽子图形之上，但需特别注意：文字须作镜像书写（MIRROR WRITINGS），即与日常书写方向相反，方能印出正确可读的文字。

印刷前，我们先准备背景：一张用水彩绘制装饰的画纸，将成为承载和平鸽图案的印制底板。我们直接在画纸上以水彩自由创作主题与图案，并注意仅使用浅色调（LIGHT COLORS）。

印版与底板准备就绪后，即可进入印刷阶段：先用滚筒为印版上墨，再将其翻转覆于底板之上，用勺背均匀按压整个印版区域（包括边缘）。文字部分亦依同样步骤完成印刷。

由于版画（PRINTING）本身具有可重复复制（REPLICABLE）的特性，我们还构思制作一幅大型海报悬挂在走廊中，以宣告我们对一切战争的坚决反对（NO）。全班共同绘制一幅大幅海报，作为协作活动的背景。每位同学在完成个人版画的同时，也按相同流程将自己的鸽子印制在这幅集体海报之上。

Picasso Doves: print with craft foam

To express once again our desire for peace, we were inspired by the doves that Picasso loved to draw with a few simple strokes. We know the artist’s feelings toward war, we want to make his words our own: “I’ve always been proud that my name stands for PEACE.” With this meaning, he paints Guernica, as a cry against all wars, and with the same intent, he draws its doves as a universal symbol of PEACE.

His style is CUBISM: with a few simple lines and SIMPLIFIED shapes, he gives a clear message. The activity also lends itself to the increasingly urgent topic of safeguarding PEACE and HUMAN RIGHTS.

The material we use as a printing plate is CRAFT FOAM. We trace the draw directly on it with a marker, copying freehand a Picasso dove, and then we ENGRAVE the mark with a POINTED PENCIL. After that, we cut out the shape and keep the pieces that are leftover. With those pieces, we create words to add to our figure, with the precaution of making MIRROR WRITINGS, which is the OPPOSITE of how we normally write, in order to obtain a correct print.

Before printing, we prepare the background: a drawing sheet decorated in watercolor will be the support where to print our dove of peace. We paint directly on the sheet with watercolors with free themes and designs and pay attention to using only LIGHT COLORS.

Once the printing plate and the support have been prepared, you can proceed to the printing phase: with a roller the printing plate is inked, then overturned on the support and pressed with the back of a spoon, taking care to press on the entire area of the plate, including edges. The same thing is done for printing the words.

Since the feature of PRINTING is to be REPLICABLE, we also thought of creating a large poster to hang in the corridor, to declare our NO to every war. We painted a large poster all together to create a background for a collaborative activity. When we printed our doves each student did his print on this poster too, following the same procedure.