Ms. Lauren Bozone’s graphic design classes, consisting of students from all grade and skill levels, are working with rubber block art. In block art, rubber blocks are carved to produce a variety of patterns or designs.

Students often choose to design blocks with abstract patterns or familiar logos from sports teams and iconic TV shows and movies. Students with advanced skill levels work on harder designs that feature intricately drawn scenes consisting of flowers, vistas, and more.

After the blocks have a design drawn on them, students carefully carve away specific parts of the blocks for the printing process. The end game of block art is to print a design using the carved block and ink.

A common misconception of beginner students is to call this stamp art instead of block art. The primary difference between the two is the printing process involved with block art and the process of carving into rubber.