Printmaking
A Process of Art in which designs
are transferred from an inked
surface to a support surface.
Above: Hokusai (woodblock), Warhol (silkscreen), Durer (intaglio)
Printmaking
Processes
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Relief Printmaking
– Carving into a wood or
linoleum surface
– Ink raised surfaces to
print
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Intaglio Printmaking
– Etching into a metal
surface
– Ink inlaid in etched lines
to print
•
Silkscreen Printing
– Transferring a design onto
a screen to push ink
through
– Used for t-shirts, posters
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Lithography
– Drawing a design on a
stone surface
– Using a resist chemical,
ink sticks to drawn lines
to print
A Brief History
• Pre-Historic Cavemen
stamp hands on walls
• 1,000 BC-Ancient
Sumerians engrave
stamps on cylinder
seals
• 2nd – 8th CenturyChinese and Japanese
create ‘rubbings’,
Europeans print
textiles
• 1151- Paper! Invented
by someone in Spain
And now that we have paper…
• 15th Century-German
playing cards made from
woodcuts
• 16th Century-Albrecht
Durer invents the
printing press (self
portrait in studio to the
left)
• Etching into metal,
woodcuts, and
eventually lithographs
on stone are created.
Purposes
• Functional
– Books
– Textile
• Persuasive
– Poster art
– Advertising
– Propaganda
• Artistic Expression
Relief Printmaking
• Carving an image into a
PLATE
• Our PLATE will be a
LINOLEUM BLOCK
• Rolling ink over carved
surface
• Pressing inked design
onto paper
• Raised surfaces hold ink,
carved surfaces will be
the color of the paper
• Image on plate will be
reverse on paper
Your Project
• Will be a linoleum block relief print
– 4” x 6”
• Can be your choice of SUBJECT
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Portrait
Still Life
Landscape
Non Objective
• Can be your choice of PURPOSE
– Persuasive
– Artistic Expression
– Functional
• May NOT have words in the design
• Should show at least 3 levels of value
– Hatching/cross-hatching
Student
examples
Researching Printmakers
• Answer questions on Printmaking handout.
• Research online:
– Albrecht Durer
– Katsushika Hokusai
– Käthe Kollwitz
– Andy Warhol
• You may use Wikipedia