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THE POWER OF PRINTMAKING

THE POWER OF PRINTMAKING. What is a print? How is it made?. A work of art made up of ink on paper. . Create a design on another surface, put ink on this surface, and then press paper onto it so that the image goes onto the paper.

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THE POWER OF PRINTMAKING

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  1. THE POWER OF PRINTMAKING

  2. What is a print?How is it made? A work of art made up of ink on paper. Create a design on another surface, put ink on this surface, and then press paper onto it so that the image goes onto the paper You do NOT draw directly on paper, you TRANSFER the image to paper. What does this mean? Advantages: you can make an unlimited number of prints or “impressions” with every new piece of paper you print your image on There are many different ways to make a print. The four best known are WOODCUT, ETCHING, LITHOGRAPHY & SCREENPRINT.

  3. What technique did Carlos Cortéz use in We are FromtheEarth—We are notillegal! ? LINOCUT A LINOCUT is a modern-daytakeon a traditional WOODCUT

  4. WHAT IS A WOODCUT? • The earliest printmaking technique. Originally used for stamping designs onto fabric or making playing cards. • Became an important art form in the 1500s Cutting the wood Cut away where you don’t want ink Inking Roll ink across the raised portions of the wood block Astronomer, byAlbrechtDrüer. 1500 Print Place a sheet of paper on top and rub with a wooden spoon

  5. What technique did Luis Jiménez use for Crossing the Rio Bravo? LITHOGRAPHY

  6. What is LITHOGRAPHY? Fix or bond the image to the stone: wipe the stone with a solvent that dissolves most of the image, leaving only a ghost like trace of the drawing. Treat the stone: wipe the image with a chemical solution • Printing from a stone with a smooth surface. Invented in Germany 1796 as a cheap method for publishing plays. Draw on the stone: use an oil-based crayon or greasy ink to draw an image on a stone Dampen the stone Ink the stone Print http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHw5_1Hopsc

  7. Crossing the Rio Bravo, by Luis Jiménez

  8. Similarities / Differences Pros / Cons ?

  9. Printmaking and the Mexican Revolution • Mexican Revolution, 1910–1920 • Convey messages of the Revolution • Images of important historical figures, Mexican people and locations. Most had political undertones because of the Revolution. • Popular because of the low cost it took to produce them: all you needed was wood or linoleum, a blade to carve, ink and paper.

  10. Taller de Gráfica Popular (TGP) • Artist's print collective founded in Mexico City (1937) • Used art to advance revolutionary social causes.

  11. Printmaking & Mexican-American Art • Posters & the Chicano Movement (1960s–80s): inexpensive and mass-producible • From industrial skill to political and artistic tool

  12. Mexican-American Printmaking in Chicago • Carlos Cortéz • MovimientoArtisticoChicano • Mexican Graphics Workshop • Taller Mestizarte • InstitutoGráfico de Chicago (IGC)

  13. You are going to be a printmaker too! • Here is the printmaking technique we are going to use in class…

  14. SAFETY-KUT BLOCK

  15. Remember that… The lettering on your block will be reversed!

  16. Your image will be reversed, too!

  17. Homework • Think of an issue at your school or in your community you want to say something about • Sketch a design that sends a message about this issue on your Sketch Worksheet • When finished with your design, draw it with pencil onto your 4” x 6” Safety-Kut block • Bring your block to class for the Printmaking with Purpose activity.

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