This document discusses the art of printmaking, specifically linocut printing. It explains that printmaking involves carving an image or design into a linoleum block to reproduce the design multiple times, allowing more people to view the image. The document provides examples of printmaking throughout history from 9th century Korean block printing to modern linocut artworks.

1. Printmaking and Linocut Printing

2. Printmaking Earlier in the year we discussed the various aspects of printmaking. This project will focus upon printing using hand-made linoleum block prints. *IMPORTANT* The point of printmaking is to reproduce an image or text as many times as possible. By doing this, more and more people are able to view the image.

3. 9 th Century Korean Block- Print

4. Gutenberg’s Printing Press

5. Movable Type

6. Gutenberg’s Bible printed on his printing press.

9. Printmaking as Art

10. Elizabeth Catlett Sharecropper , 1968

11. block print by amy joy lanou, 2006

12. "To Your Health" – Deborah Harris. Linoleum block print. 2009.