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P RINTMAKING

P RINTMAKING. Printmaking is an indirect transfer process. A print is a work of art create from pressing ink onto paper from a plate or stencil. Printmaking allows for multiple exact duplicates of an image. . P RINTMAKING.

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P RINTMAKING

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  1. PRINTMAKING Printmaking is an indirect transfer process. A print is a work of art create from pressing ink onto paper from a plate or stencil. Printmaking allows for multiple exact duplicates of an image.

  2. PRINTMAKING Engraving (carving into a solid surface) was executed on stones, bones and cave walls. 3,000 years later, the Sumerians re-engraved images on stone cylinder seals to make identical duplicates.

  3. PRINTMAKING The Chinese “rubbing” dating back to the 2nd Century, is considered to be a primitive form of print. In the ninth century, the wood-block printmaking technique appeared in China.

  4. PRINTMAKING Printmaking arrived in Europe around 1400 and was originally used for stamping designs onto fabrics, textiles, or playing cards. By the sixteenth century it had achieved the status of an important art form with the work of Albrecht Durer and other Northern European artists.

  5. PRINTMAKING During the 18th century art prints began to be considered “originals.” In the 19th century artists began to produce “limited editions” and sign their prints along with the technical information necessary to authenticate the work.

  6. PRINTMAKING Printmaking Technique There are many different types of printmaking. Woodcut Etching Lithography Screen printing

  7. PRINTMAKING TOOLS Plate: The surface on which the image is prepared. Gouge: The tool used to carve out the negative space from your image. Brayer: The rolling device used to roll ink onto the plate. Baren: A circular tool used to transfer ink onto the paper by friction.

  8. PRINTMAKING Albrecht DÜrerWoodblock: “Sampson Rending the Lion” Pear Wood No Date (1471-1528) Print

  9. PRINTMAKING Albrecht DÜrer “The Bearing of the Cross” Woodcut, hand-colored No Date (1471-1528)

  10. PRINTMAKING Katsushika hokusai “The Great Wave at Kanagawa” Polychrome ink and color on paper 1831-33

  11. PRINTMAKING Ando hiroshige #45 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo Woodblock print in ink and color on paper 19th Century

  12. PRINTMAKING Andy Warhol “Eight Elvises” Silk Screen on Canvas 1963

  13. PRINTMAKING Andy Warhol “Marilyn Monroe” Silk Screen 1967

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