2. Printmaking
• The transfer of an image from one surface to
another surface.
• Printmakers produce multiples of the same
piece, which is called a print.
• Each piece is not a copy but an original since it
is not a reproduction of another work of art
3. Major Types of Printmaking:
• Relief
• Intaglio
• Lithography
• Serigraphy (screenprinting)
9. Edition
• The number of
images printed
from the block
• The body of the
edition is
numbered
directly on the
print, usually in
pencil.
Nathalie Roland
title: Cervidae Arboreous: tiny army edition
10. Numbering
• Numbering
indicates the size
of the edition
and the number
of each particular
print.
• 25/75 means
that the print is
the 25th
impression from
an edition of 75.
11. Artist's Proofs
• A print of
edition quality,
but separate
from the
numbered
edition
that is kept by
the artist.
• noted in pencil
as artist proof
or A/P
12. Proof
• A print pulled for
examination
while working
on the block.
The Tyler Graphics team pulling a proof of Freefall, a
woodcut by Helen Frankenthaler
13. Monoprint
• A print that cannot exactly be reproduced
Basic etching, printed
before Final print was
applied with brushes
Final print
Colleen Corradi, Rapsodia
14. Ghost Print
• A print made from the remaining ink on a
block or plate after a print has been pulled.
Belinda Del Pesco, lithography
15. • Andy Warhol (1928-1987): A Set of Six Self-Portraits, 1967, oil and
silkscreen on canvas
The linocut is a printmaking technique similar to that of the woodcut, the difference being that the image is engraved on linoleum instead of wood. Since linoleum offers an easier surface for working, linocuts offer more precision and a greater variety of effects than woodcuts. Long disparaged by serious artists as not challenging enough, the linocut came into its own after artists like Picasso and Matisse began to work in that technique
This is a hand coloured etching using watercolour, acrylic paint and coloured pen. (6,9*4,7 inch)
