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Look at this beautiful paste-up mural U of I art students made

Jessica Hammie

The University of Illinois School of Art and Design students in ARTS 405: Printstallation, created and installed a gorgeous paste-up mural at Carrie Busey elementary school in Savoy, inspired by (and responding to the loss of) the historic tallgrass prairie that once covered the Midwest.

U of I students in ARTS 405 install an intricate paste-up mural on a brick wall. There are two young men to the left, holding pieces of paper to be pasted into the massive collage of plants. Photo by Emmy Lingscheit. Photo by Emmy Lingscheit. 

Professor Emmy Lingscheit’s assignment had the students hand-carve the relief prints of plants and print them on paper. Then the prints were cut out and pasted on the wall, as you see pictured. This project was a collaboration between all the students, and it looks stunning.

If you’re headed toward Carrie Busey this weekend stop by to see all the detail you can’t get in a photo.

A colorful paste-up installation of various plants is on a brick wall at Carrie Busey Elementary school. The prinstallation wraps around the wall to the other side. Photo by Emmy Lingscheit.Photo by Emmy Lingsheit. 

A colorful paste-up installation of various plants is on a brick wall at Carrie Busey Elementary school. The prinstallation wraps around the wall to the other side. Photo by Emmy Lingscheit.Photo by Emmy Lingscheit. 

Top image courtesy of Emmy Lingscheit.

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