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Printmaking is transferring one inked mage from one prepared surface to another. It is very handy. Printmaking allows and artist to create many copies. It is nearly 2000 years old and the Chinese were some of the first to call it fine art. IN order to make prints, you must: 1. Make a printing plate...usually by carving into something soft or by acid etching metal 2. Ink the plate...apply ink to plate so that it can be transferred 3. Transfer the image...usually to paper or some other flat material such as cloth Usually after completing an edition, the artist will destroy or disfigure the plate. What would 32/95 mean if it were written on the back of a print? It would mean that that particular print was the 32nd print out of 95 total prints in that edition. Techniques for printmaking: 1. Relief Printing - the image to be printed is raised from a background. Example...Stamp. 2. Intaglio - the image to be printed is cut or etched in a surface. 3. Lithography - the image to be printed is on limestone, zinc, or aluminum with a greasy crayon 4. Silk Screen - the image to be printed is on a screen that has masked areas that will not allow paint to pass through to the printing area. Paint will only pass where the area has not been blocked. |