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Printmaking 101

Printmaking 101. Spring 2013 Preston MS: Gifted and Talented Art. What is this?. What do you see?. Optical Illusions and Negative Space. Did you see the two faces? Or the vase? Did you see the bunny? Or the duck? Did you see the face? Or the word “liar”?

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Printmaking 101

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  1. Printmaking 101 Spring 2013 Preston MS: Gifted and Talented Art

  2. What is this?

  3. What do you see?

  4. Optical Illusions and Negative Space Did you see the two faces? Or the vase? Did you see the bunny? Or the duck? Did you see the face? Or the word “liar”? In these images the artist used negative space to create a double image? The space that is not “drawn” create another image. Do you think the artist wanted to draw one of the images first in particular? Or were they a result of their drawing?

  5. Printmaking • Using traditionally to make multiple images for newspapers and handbills as early as the 5th century. Trace Monotyping Printing • Form of printmaking that transfers an image by drawing directly on to inked paper creating the subtractive or “negative” image Negative Space • Negative space is the area around the drawn image, it can have meaning and shape (as shown by the optical illusions)

  6. Examples of Monotyping: Helen Frankenthaler Monotype XXVIII 1991 Ink colors painted on and printed from one aluminum plate

  7. Helen Frankenthaler Monotype 7 1989 Handpainted monotype on paper

  8. Lee Altman Window Series XXIV 1, 1980 Monotype in colors on woven paper

  9. The Process of Monotype • -Inking a plate • -Place paper on plate • -Draw on back of paper to create unique marks • (may also make marks initially in ink for effect) • Pull paper off to see monotype print

  10. Relief Printing • A process of printmaking (using linoleum, Styrofoam, wood or metal plates) where the image is drawn into the material and its reverse images is transferred PROCESS: • Use “registration system” to mark paper and plate • Carve image into Styrofoam plate using wooden skewer • Ink the plate with a brayer • Place paper on plate and pull a “proof” • Wash plate and recarve back into it

  11. Relief Printmaking

  12. Professional Printing Labels/Terms • Proof: is a “rough draft” print of your final piece • Edition: the different types of the same image you pull • Labeling your print: “1/Editions” Title Signature

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