Traditional Print Making Methods

o Printmaking is the process of making artworks byprinting, normally on paper

o Printmaking normally covers only the process of creatingprints with an element of originality, rather than just beinga photographic reproduction of a painting.

o Except in the case of monotyping, the process is capableof producing multiples of the same piece, which is calleda 'print'.

o Each piece produced is not a copy but considered 'anoriginal' since it is not a reproduction of another work ofart and is technically (more correctly) known as an'impression'.

o Relief printing:where the ink goes on the original surface of the matrix.Relief techniques include: woodcut or woodblock as theAsian forms are usually known, wood engraving, linocutand metalcut;

o Intaglio:where the ink goes beneath the original surface of thematrix. Intaglio techniques include: engraving, etching,mezzotint, aquatint, chine-collé and drypoint;

o Planographic:where the matrix retains its entire surface, but someparts are treated to make the image. Planographictechniques include: lithography, monotyping, and digitaltechniques.

o Stencil:including: screen-printing and pochoir

Relief printingRelief printing has had a long history.Its first recorded use was in Asiaduring the 1st century, and it was laterintroduced into western culture aroundthe 15th century.

Relief printing artists

Katsushika Hokusai, in an 1839 self-portrait

Red Fuji from Hokusai'

KatsushikaHokusai

Relief printing artists

KatsushikaHokusai

Travellers Crossing the Oi

Relief printing artists

KatsushikaHokusai

The Great Wave off Kanagawa

Relief printing artists

EdmundEvans

The Art Album 1861

Relief printing artists

Beauty and the Beast 1874

EdmundEvans

Intaglioisafamilyofprintmakingtechniquesinwhichtheimageisincisedintoasurface.HistoricallyIntagliotechniquesareo=encombinedonaplate.ForexampleRembrandt'sprintsarereferredtoas"etchings"forconvenience,butveryo=entheyhaveengravinganddrypointworkaswell,andsomeEmesnoactualetchingatall.

Intaglio print process

Intaglio print artistsRembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (July15, 1606 – October 4, 1669) was a Dutchpainter and etcher. He is generallyconsidered one of the greatest paintersand printmakers in European art historyand the most important in Dutch history.His contributions to art came in a periodthat historians call the Dutch Golden Age

Remberant ‘Etching’ 1628

Intaglio print artists

Remberant – Faust 1647-51

Intaglio print artists

Melancholia I - Albrecht Dürer 1514

Intaglio print artists

Intaglio print artists

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Planographic artists

Self Portrait with Skeleton Arm Edvard MunchUnknown

Planographic artists

Smiling Spider - Odilon Redon 1891

StencilIs a template used to draw or paint identical letters,numbers, symbols, shapes, or patterns every time it isused. Stencil technique in visual art is also referred to aspochoir. Stencils are formed by removing sections fromtemplate material in the form of text or an image. Thiscreates 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