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Printmaking is the process of making artworks by printing, normally on paper Printmaking normally covers only the process of creating prints with an element of originality, rather than just being a photographic reproduction of a painting. Except in the case of monotyping, the process is capable of producing multiples of the same piece, which is called a 'print'. Each piece produced is not a copy but considered 'an original' since it is not a reproduction of another work of art and is technically (more correctly) known as an 'impression'.
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Relief printing: where the ink goes on the original surface of the matrix. Relief techniques include: woodcut or woodblock as the Asian forms are usually known, wood engraving, linocut and metalcut; Intaglio: where the ink goes beneath the original surface of the matrix. Intaglio techniques include: engraving, etching, mezzotint, aquatint, chine-collĂŠ and drypoint; Planographic: where the matrix retains its entire surface, but some parts are treated to make the image. Planographic techniques include: lithography, monotyping, and digital techniques. Stencil: including: screen-printing and pochoir
Relief printing Relief printing has had a long history. Its first recorded use was in Asia during the 1st century, and it was later introduced into western culture around the 15th century.
Relief printing artists
Katsushika Hokusai
Katsushika Hokusai, in an 1839 selfportrait
Red Fuji from Hokusai'
Relief printing artists
Katsushika Hokusai
Travellers Crossing the Oi
Relief printing artists
Katsushika Hokusai
The Great Wave off Kanagawa
Relief printing artists
Edmund Evans
The Art Album 1861
Relief printing artists
Edmund Evans
Beauty and the Beast 1874
Intaglio print process
Intaglio is a family of printmaking techniques in which the image is incised into a surface. Historically Intaglio techniques are o=en combined on a plate. For example Rembrandt's prints are referred to as "etchings" for convenience, but very o=en they have engraving and drypoint work as well, and someEmes no actual etching at all.
Intaglio print artists Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (July 15, 1606 – October 4, 1669) was a Dutch painter and etcher. He is generally considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art history and the most important in Dutch history. His contributions to art came in a period that historians call the Dutch Golden Age
Intaglio print artists
Remberant ‘Etching’ 1628
Intaglio print artists
Remberant – Faust 1647-51
Intaglio print artists
Melancholia I - Albrecht D端rer 1514
Intaglio print artists
Planographic
As we’re looking into tradiEonal prinEng methods the main ‘Planographic’ method of interest to us is Lithography. This uses oil or fat and gum arabic to divide the smooth surface into parts that accept in and parts which reject it and become the background
Planographic artists
Self Portrait with Skeleton Arm Edvard Munch Unknown
Planographic artists
Smiling Spider - Odilon Redon 1891
Stencil Is a template used to draw or paint identical letters, numbers, symbols, shapes, or patterns every time it is used. Stencil technique in visual art is also referred to as pochoir. Stencils are formed by removing sections from template material in the form of text or an image. This creates what is essentially a physical negative.
Stencil artists
Moulin Rouge poster - Toulouse-Lautrec
Stencil artists
Campbels Soup – Andy Warhol 1968
Stencil artists
10 Marylins – Andy Warhol 1967
Stencil artists
Unkown– Banksy
Stencil artists
The Mild Mild West– Banksy