Printmaking

Ms. McCormick Art 2-D level 1

Todays Objective

Learn different words associated with

printmaking.

Art Game!

Watch a demonstration.
What is a
Print?
A print is a transfer of
an image, it could be a
mark left on a surface,
an indentation.. It
could come in text
form, image,
design..etc.
How do
you make
a Print?
The answer is you need a
printing plate, we will use
Styrofoam, wood,
silkscreen and possible
rubber.
(Other print plates can be
made of nickel, cooper,
and linoleum.
Definitions explained..

A recess is a groove cut

into something (like the
lines in this wood block)

A matrix is the plate you

use to print.
Types of
Prints:
Relief Print
Relief printing is a process
where protruding surface
faces of the printing plate or
block are inked; recessed
areas are ink free. Printing
the image is therefore a
relatively simple matter of
inking the face of the matrix
and bringing it in firm contact
with the paper.
Types of
Prints:
Intaglio Print
Intaglio printing is the opposite
of relief printing, in that the
printing is done from ink that is
below the surface of the plate.
The design is cut, scratched, or
etched into the printing surface
or plate, which can be copper,
zinc, aluminum, magnesium,
plastics, or even coated paper.
 Technique:
Etching
Etching is the process of using strong acid to cut into the unprotected
parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio in the metal.
In pure etching, a metal (usually copper, zinc or steel) plate is covered with
a waxy ground, which is resistant to acid.
The artist then scratches off the ground with a pointed etching needle
where he/she wants a line to appear in the finished piece, so exposing the
bare metal.
The plate is then dipped in a bath of acid. The acid "bites" into the metal,
where it is exposed, leaving behind lines sunk into the plate.
The remaining ground is then cleaned off the plate. The plate is inked all
over, and then the ink wiped off the surface, leaving only the ink in the
etched lines.
Definitions explained..
Ground is a substance in
the etching process that
resists acid.

Solvents are used in

printmaking to dissolve
and mix with oils, resins,
varnishes, and inks; and to
clean plates, rollers, tools,
and even hands.
Hazards. ... Inhalation of
solvent vapors is the
major way in which
solvents are harmful.
Types of
Prints:
Collagraph
Print
Collagraph is a basic a method
of printmaking using a board with
collage materials glued onto it
to form a relief surface with a
variety of textures. A very
creative and experimental form of
printmaking, collagraph prints
can be made with many different
materials, including cardboard,
yarn, fabric, leaves, masking
tape and more.
Types of
Prints:
Emboss
Printing
Embossing and de-bossing are
the processes of creating either
raised or recessed relief images
and designs in paper and other
materials. An embossed pattern
is raised against the background,
while a debossed pattern is
sunken into the surface of the
material (but might protrude
somewhat on the reverse, back
side).
Types of
Prints:
Monotype
Printing
Monotyping is a type of
printmaking made by drawing
or painting on a smooth,
non-absorbent surface. The
surface, or matrix, was
historically a copper etching
plate, but in contemporary
work it can vary from zinc or
glass to acrylic glass.
Types of
Prints:
Monoprint
Monoprinting is a form of
printmaking that has lines or
images that can only be made
once, unlike most printmaking,
where there are multiple originals.
There are many techniques of
monoprinting. Examples of
standard printmaking techniques
which can be used to make
monoprints include lithography,
woodcut, and etching.
Types of
Prints:
Rubbings
Rubbing, one of the most
universal and perhaps the oldest
of the techniques used in
printmaking. Rubbings are
made by carefully pressing paper
onto a carved or incised surface
so that the paper conforms to the
features to be copied. ...
Rubbings probably originated in
East Asia, where they served
many utilitarian purposes.
Types of
Prints:
Serigraphy
Serigraphy is also known as silk
screening, screen printing or
serigraph printing, is a stencil-
based printing process in which
ink is forced through a fine
screen onto the paper beneath.
Screens were originally made of
silk, but they are now made of
finely woven polyester or nylon.
Types of
Prints:
Serigraphy
The screen is stretched over a wood or
aluminum frame, then areas of the
screen are blocked off with a stencil (a
negative of the image). The screen is
then placed on top of paper, and ink is
placed on the screen. A rubber-bladed
squeegee is used to spread the ink
evenly across the screen, allowing ink to
pass through the open spaces onto the
paper below.
A different screen is used for each colour
in the print, resulting in a final serigraph
with great colour density, colour
saturation and texture.
 Fun Fact..
'Serigraphy' is the artist's term. While it can be
used interchangeably with 'silk screening' and
'screen printing', 'serigraphy' differentiates the
artistic application from the industrial use, and in
case youre wondering, the word serigraphy is a
combination of the Latin word seri (silk) and the
Greek word graphein (to write or draw).
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