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Introduction to P R I N T M A K I N G
PRINTMAKINGPRINTING PLATE the surface on which
the picture or design is made this is also
called your MATRIX.
A plate can be anything from copper to a plastic cutting board.
PRINTMAKINGprocess
To produce a print, a piece of paper is
pressed against an inked plate. This
process can be repeated many times,
making many prints from one image.
PRINTMAKING PRESS
Laura Álvarez
The Double Agent Sirvienta: Blow Up the Hard
Drive,1999, serigraph (#45 of 56)Ester Hernández
Libertad (Liberty), 1987
Etching (#36 of 50)
PRINTMAKING TechniquesRelief
SilkscreenLithography
Intaglio
MonoprintCollagraph
PRINTMAKING TechniquesIntaglio
Intaglio prints
are made by
cutting or
drawing lines
into a metal
plate. The lines
you draw are
printed.
PRINTMAKING TechniquesIntaglio PRINT
1. Cut into a
metal plate with
tools or acid. It’s
called a DRY
POINT when no
acid is used.
2. Roll ink onto
the plate
3. Finally, run
the plate and a
piece of paper
through a press.
An etching is a kind of print made by:
The photo on the left shows a close-up of a metal plate.
The photo on the right is a print made by rolling white ink
on the plate, cleaning the ink off the top surface,
placing a piece of black paper over the plate and
running it through a press. The press pulls the ink from the
plate onto the paper and makes a reversed image.
“Custom Service” is an
etching by Tony Ortega.
He cut lines into a metal
plate, used ink and a
press to print black lines
on top of a U.S. Customs
form.
After the black lines were
printed, he hand
colored the print with
watercolors.Tony Ortega
Custom Service
etching, watercolor
PRINTMAKING TechniquesRelief (wood or linoleum)
Made by
carving into the
surface of a
plate. Ink clings
to the un-
carved surface
of the plate.
Linoleum Relief PrintPRINTMAKING Techniques
ReliefPRINTMAKING Techniques
PLATE PRINTWHAT DO YOU NOTICE?
ReliefPRINTMAKING Techniques
PLATE PRINTPrints print in reverse!
A woodcut print is made by:
1) carving into
the surface of a
block of wood
2) rolling ink on
the surface
3) laying a
piece of paper
over the block
4) applying
pressure to
make the print.
Woodblock Relief PrintPRINTMAKING Techniques
Woodblock Relief PrintPRINTMAKING Techniques
An artist makes a lithograph by drawing with an oily crayon on a piece of
limestone (or other appropriate surface). The stone surface is covered with
a liquid so only the crayon marks are exposed.
Then oil-based ink is
rolled on the surface
sticking only to the
drawing.
A piece of paper is
laid over the stone,
which is run through
a press to make
the print.
LithographyPRINTMAKING Techniques
A silkscreen print is made by blocking out sections of a piece of mesh fabric
(such as silk or other synthetic fabrics) stretched in a frame. The printmaker
uses a squeegee to force thick ink through the unblocked areas of fabric
onto a piece of paper placed under the screen.
(A serigraph print is not reversed.)
PRINTMAKING TechniquesSILKSCREEN
PRINTMAKING TechniquesSILKSCREEN Prints are
essentially
stenciling.
Images are
placed on a
screen and ink is
pulled through
with a
squeegee.
Artist Laura Álvarez made
this print using a serigraph
printing technique.
How many colors can you
identify?
Each color was made with
a separate screen.
Laura Álvarez
The Double Agent Sirvienta: Blow Up the Hard Drive
serigraph, 1999
PRINTMAKING TechniquesSILKSCREEN
PRINTMAKING TechniquesCOLLAGRAPH
A Collagraph print is a collage printmaking technique and is a form of Intaglio printing.
The collagraph plate is printed in the same way as etchings, but also include the basic
principle of relief printing and can be printed either as intaglio or relief.
The term collagraph refer to a collage board where the materials are
assembled on a flat base or plate (matrix) to form a relief block with different surface
levels and textures.
Collagraph plates are created by sticking and gluing materials like textured paper or
fabric onto the plate and then coat it with varnish or acrylic medium afterwards to
protect the materials.
The plate can be made from wood plates or cardboard plates that you build up using
different materials.
PRINTMAKING TechniquesCOLLAGRAPH
PRINTMAKING TechniquesMonoprint
A monoprint is a one off impression made by applying
printing ink to a flat surface and then transferring the
image to paper or a similar printing surface.
The printing surface can be anything which is flat,
smooth and non-absorbent (glass, gelatin, plastic,
metal, acetate), but should not be too thick as the print
need to fit through the printing press.
PRINTMAKING TechniquesMonoprint
Monoprint
Why do you suppose
some artists choose
printmaking, rather
than drawing or
painting, when they
want to
communicate their
feelings or ideas to
lots of people?
What is ART to YOU?
Why do YOU want to create ART?
What do you want to SAY with your
ART?
What do you want others to FEEL when
they view your art?