Fisher-Price sold the kit between 1981 and 1984, for children aged five-plus. So I was in the exact target demo for this product, but I never saw one. The Road Not Taken.

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Classic “Sesame Street Art,” documented by Flickr user DMCooper78

Unfortunately, it’s been difficult to find a suitable way to mark the occasion. There just wasn’t a lot of printmaking on Sesame Street (although longtime Printeresting readers know that puppets and [...]]]> Speaking of Junior Printmakers, this month marks the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street!

Classic “Sesame Street Art,” documented by Flickr user DMCooper78

Unfortunately, it’s been difficult to find a suitable way to mark the occasion. There just wasn’t a lot of printmaking on Sesame Street (although longtime Printeresting readers know that puppets and prints aren’t incompatible).

But over forty years, Sesame Street has paid some attention to the evolution of print technologies.

Two kids use the power of print to find their lost dog, Then:

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Two kids use the power of print to find their lost dog, Now:

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…Something about the juxtaposition of these two videos breaks my greasy printmaker’s heart.

Children will love this educational 1930’s “Hand Printer” for sale on eBay! Kids have fun while training for a future career in the printing industr– *

*this message abbreviated due to the demise of the printing industry

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Kind of makes you nostalgic for the good old days of free newsprint end rolls, doesn’t it?

]]> This seems like a good back to school post. Way to be ahead of the curve on recycling, Sesame Street.

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Kind of makes you nostalgic for the good old days of free newsprint end rolls, doesn’t it?

]]> http://www.printeresting.org/2009/09/01/junior-printmakers-old-paper-new-paper/feed/ 0 http://www.printeresting.org/2009/05/21/junior-printmakers-lego/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=junior-printmakers-lego http://www.printeresting.org/2009/05/21/junior-printmakers-lego/#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 14:24:50 +0000 RL Tillman http://printeresting.org/?p=4913 Stephen’s Minifig-Scale 19th-Century Printing Press:

Watch out, Stephen! ‘Cause here comes David’s Motorized Lego Printing Press:

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It’s never too early to start encouraging the next generation to embrace printmaking. Illinois-based printmaker Arthur Geisert writes and illustrates award-winning children’s books. One book in particular details (through hand-colored etchings) the art of etching. About The Etcher’s Studio…

A young boy helps his grandfather, an etcher, prepare for a year-end studio print sale. The [...]]]>

It’s never too early to start encouraging the next generation to embrace printmaking. Illinois-based printmaker Arthur Geisert writes and illustrates award-winning children’s books. One book in particular details (through hand-colored etchings) the art of etching. About The Etcher’s Studio…

A young boy helps his grandfather, an etcher, prepare for a year-end studio print sale. The boy’s most important task is to color each etching by hand. His mind begins to wander into the world of art as he imagines himself within the very pictures he is coloring, exploring distant lands and flying over his town in a hot-air balloon. Using a young boy and his grandfather as guides, Arthur Geisert explains the process involved in the intricate art of etching, while his colorful illustrations demonstrate the elegance and beauty of this unique art form.

Child labor laws aside, the book does a nice job of explaining the various steps involved in making and printing an etching. Geisert’s narrative is clear and simple without dumbing down the process.

Here is one of Geisert’s etchings from the 1999 Delta Small Prints Exhibition catalog.

And of course, it’s not just “any child” who would enjoy a printing press, it’s every child. Especially if we’re talking about the “fun electric” printing press available to the lazy youth of today:

UPDATE: Interesting blurb about toy printing presses, including both of the [...]]]> What DIY printmaker wouldn’t love to own this antique toy printing press?

And of course, it’s not just “any child” who would enjoy a printing press, it’s every child. Especially if we’re talking about the “fun electric” printing press available to the lazy youth of today:

UPDATE: Interesting blurb about toy printing presses, including both of the above models, here!

Does anyone else remember Tomy’s Mighty Men and Monster Maker? Talk about retro-printmaking fun! It was basically a low-tech press operation. It came with interchangeable plates that could be combined and recombined in an endless amount of variations to create… well… mighty men and monsters. There were three variables- the head, the torso, and [...]]]>

Does anyone else remember Tomy’s Mighty Men and Monster Maker? Talk about retro-printmaking fun! It was basically a low-tech press operation. It came with interchangeable plates that could be combined and recombined in an endless amount of variations to create… well… mighty men and monsters. There were three variables- the head, the torso, and the legs- once you placed an arrangement in the jig, you took a rubbing. Or multiple rubbings. Tomy: instilling a love of printmaking, one child at a time.

If Rubik’s Cube can make a come back, the Mighty Men and Monster Maker can’t be too far behind, right?

On a side note, Dave Stevens, famed creator of The Rocketeer, was the artist commissioned to design the templates back in 1978. And thanks to Andrew Barr/Leigh Young and Dave Mire for the pics that accompany this walk down memory lane.