the art of printmaking
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The Art of Printmaking. Mrs. Barbier. Printing or printmaking is transferring an inked image from one prepared surface to another. Often the surface to which a printed images is transferred is paper. The History of Printmaking. Printmaking is nearly 2000 years old. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Art of Printmaking
Mrs. Barbier
Printing or printmaking is transferring an inked image from one prepared surface to another.
Often the surface to which a printed images is transferred is paper.
The History of PrintmakingPrintmaking is nearly 2000 years old.
The Chinese were among the first people to make prints.
Later the Japanese developed printmaking into a fine art.
Katsushika Hokusai. View of Mt. Fuji from Seven-Ri Beach. 1823-29. Coloured Woodcut. 25.7x38.1 cm.
Albrecht Durer. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 1498. Woodcut. 30.9x20.8 cm
Prints may be made with many different media and techniques.
Durer’s print began as an image carved in a wooden block. Ink was applied to the block, which was then pressed onto a sheet of paper.
With the invention of the printing press in 1438, block prints were used for book illustrations.
The Printmaking BasicsAll prints are made using three basic
steps. These steps, in the order in which they
take place.
Making a printing plateA printing plate is a surface onto or into
which the image is placed.In making a plate, the artist makes a
mirror image of the final print.
Inking the plateThe artist applies ink.Often this is done with a brayer, a roller
with a handle. For a multi-colour print one plate is made
for each colour.
Transferring the imageThe paper is pressed against the inked
plate.Sometimes this is done by hand.At other times a printing press is used.
Usually more thank one print is made from a given plate.
A group of identical prints all made from a
single plate is called an edition. The artist will determine how many prints
are made in an edition.
Creating a Print EditionThe number on the right
tells how many prints are in the edition. The number on the left tells which particular print is made.
When an edition is completed, the artist cancels or destroys the plate. This is done by disfiguring the plate so it can no longer be used.
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More about PrintmakingThere are four main techniques artist use
for making prints.They are relief printing, intaglio,
lithography, and screen printing.
Relief PrintingIf you ever have made a stamp print you
have made a relief print.In relief printing, the image to be printed is
raised from the background.
Edvard Munch. The Kiss. 1902. Woodcut, printed in grey and black, block. 46.7x46.4 cm.
LithographyLithography is a printmaking method in
which the image to be printed is drawn on limestone, zinc, or aluminum with a special greasy crayon.
When the stone is dampened and then inked, the greased area alone holds the ink.
Paper is pressed against the plate tom make the print
M.C. Escher. Relativity. July 1953. Lithograph277×294 mm.
M.C. Escher. Hand with Reflecting Sphere. 1935, lithograph, 12 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches.
Thomas Hart Benton. Planting . 1939. Lithograph.