Media Work

2. Type Technique Method Advantages Disadvantages Example (picture)
Hand
Etching Using strong acid or mordant to
cut into the unprotected parts of
a metal surface to create a
design in intaglio in the metal
• High precision
•Low tool costs
•Freedom of design
•Level etch (step etch)
•Burr and stress-free
products
•Rapid small series
•Thin metallic
materials
•Time consuming
•Expensive tools
• Labour Intensive
Linocut Linocut is
a printmaking technique, a
variant of woodcut in which a
sheet of linoleum (sometimes
mounted on a wooden block) is
used for the relief surface.
• Embossing
•Tough and sturdy
•Easy
•Simple designs
•Vintage looking
• Expensive rag paper
•If dots missing in ink
surface, product is
worthless
Screen print Woven mesh guides an ink-
blocking pencil
• Artful
•Layered effect
•Use emulsions
• Only Simple designs
•Clean few lines
•Can easily become
warped and uneven
Woodcut Woodcut is the process of
carving an image into a block of
wood. It is the oldest technique
in Europe
• Artful
•Layered effect
•Use emulsions
• Artful
•Layered effect
•Use emulsions
Lithography Lithography printing is the
process of using a stone and
carving with it
• Less effort
•Cheaper
•Re-usable materials
• Time consuming
•Expensive
•Small quantity
HAND PRINTING

3. Type Technique Method Advantages Disadvantages Example (picture)
Mechanical
Letterpress The art of relief printing.
Protruding surfaces with ink and
forming impression
• Simple
•Sharp images
•Relatively cheap
• Artful
•Layered effect
•Use emulsions
Gravure Gravure is the process of
engraving an image onto
another image. It uses a rotary
printing system
•Photographic quality
•Bright Colours
•Best Appearance
• Only 500 copies a run
•Expensive
Screen process Stencil method. Design imposed
onto polyester screen or other
fine mesh. Ink is forced into the
openings.
•High quality
•Creative and
colourful
• High cost
•Hard Creation
•Hard to find people with
the skills
MECHANICAL PRINTING

4. Type Technique Method Advantages Disadvantages Example (picture)
Digital
Photocopying Using a machine to duplicate
paper documents.
• Fast
•Cheap
•Effective
•Copy paper can be
expensive
•Colour copies are
expensive
Laser printing Digitally Printing high quality
text and graphics on paper via
a computer.
• High capacity
•Fast process
•High Resolution
•Expensive Ink
•Slightly Wet
Inkjet
Desktop
publishing
DIGITAL PRINTING