PRINTMAKING
3 main categories based on the printing surface
RELIEF PRINTING
*Image transfers to the paper by elimination of non-image areas then inking the remaining surface *Picture gets reversed from the image carved by the artist *This reversal characterizes all printmaking media *woodcuts and wood engravings are very popular techniques |
INTAGLIO
*Opposite of relief printing *Transfers ink to paper from grooves cut into a metal plate *Line engraving *Etchings *Drypoint *Aquantint |
PLANOGRAPHIC PROCESS
*Artist prints from a plane surface *Neither relief or intaglio *Lithography "stone writing" *Serigraphic process "silk-screening" -Most common *Monotype or monoprint -Requires no presses or studio equipment |
Reasons for printmaking
*Obtain numerous identical copies
Allows more people to obtain artwork
*Produces visual characteristics that are only obtainable through that particular method of printing
*Obtain numerous identical copies
Allows more people to obtain artwork
*Produces visual characteristics that are only obtainable through that particular method of printing