Printmaking...

• Printmaking is an artistic process based on the principle of transferring images from a matrix onto another surface, most often paper or fabric.

• Traditional printmaking techniques include woodcut, etching, engraving, and lithography, while modern artists have expanded available techniques to include screenprinting.

• The history of printmaking can be traced back to around 3200 BCE. The earliest printmaking techniques included engraving, relief printing, and stamp and cylinder seal printing. 

• Printing with woodcuts was invented in China around early 200 A.D., making China the country with the longest history of printing in the world.​

• Pictorial prints assumed a major role in folk rituals and festivals as their subject matter expanded to include auspicious or protective imagery.

Printmaking Origins...

Earliest Form of Printmaking

Woodcuts

The oldest form of printmaking, woodcut is a relief process in which knives and other tools are used to carve a design into the surface of a wooden block. The raised areas that remain after the block has been cut are inked and printed, while the recessed areas that are cut away do not retain ink, and will remain blank in the final print.

Prints what is drawn on the printing plate

Planographic

Prints what is left of the original surface of the printing plate

Relief Print

Prints what is beneath the original surface of the printing plate.

Intaglio Print

Prints what is open on the printing screen.

Serigraphy

The artist carves an image into a linoleum (lino) block and what's left of the block is inked and printed.

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Relief Print- Linocut

Tools for Linocuts

• Brayer

• Gouge

• Baren

• Bench Hook

ALWAYS KEEP YOUR HAND BEHIND THE BLADE​!

Printmaking Safety

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