Printmaking is the process of making artworks by printing, commonly on paper.
Printmaking covers only the technique of making prints with an aspect of creativity, instead of simply being a photographic imitation of a painting.
Except when it comes to monotyping, the method is capable of producing multiples of the exact same piece called a print.
Each piece made will not be a copy yet considered an original since it is not a replica of some other masterwork and is formally known as an 'impression'.
Printmaking will not be selected only for being able to make numerous duplicates, but rather for the unique qualities which each of the printmaking methods lends itself to.
Prints are created by transferring ink from a matrix or via a prepared screen to a sheet of paper or other material.
Common types of matrices include: metal plates, usually copper or zinc, or plastic plates for engraving or etching; stone, aluminium, or polymer for lithography; pieces of solid wood for woodcuts and wood engravings; and linoleum for linocuts.
Screens made from silk or synthetic fabrics can be used for the screen printing method.
Printmaking methods are generally broken into the following standard groups: 1) Relief, where ink is applied to the original surface area of the matrix.
Relief methods consist of: woodcut or woodblock as the Asian forms are usually known, wood engraving, linocut and metalcut; 2) Intaglio, where ink is put on underneath the original surface area of the matrix.
Intaglio methods include: engraving, etching, mezzotint, aquatint, drypoint, and photogravure; 3) Planographic, in which the matrix retains its original surface, yet is specially prepared and/or inked to enable for the transfer of the image.
Planographic techniques include: lithography, monotyping, as well as digital methods.
4) Stencil, in which ink or paint is pressed through a ready screen, including: screen printing and pochoir.
Other forms of printmaking methods outside these groups include collagraphy, viscosity printing, and foil imaging.
Collagraphy is a printmaking method where textured material is stuck to the printing matrix.
This texture is transferred to the piece of paper during the printing procedure.
Modern printmaking might consist of digital printing, photographic mediums, or a combination of digital, photographic, as well as traditional techniques.
Several techniques can likewise be combined, especially within the same group.
For instance, Rembrandt's prints are usually referred to as "etchings" for ease, yet very often consist of work in engraving as well as drypoint at the same time, and sometimes don't have any etching at all.
In printmaking processes requiring more than one use of ink or other medium, the trouble prevails regarding the way to align properly parts of an image to obtain ink in every application.
The most apparent example of this would be a multi-color graphic in which every color is applied in a separate step.
The lining up of the outcomes of each step in a multistep printmaking method is referred to as "registration.
" Correct registration results in the various aspects of an image being in their correct place.
Yet, for creative factors, improper registration is not necessarily the ruination of an image.
This can vary considerably from process to process.
It generally requires putting the substrate, typically paper, in proper position with the printmaking component which is going to be providing it with pigmentation.
Printmaking covers only the technique of making prints with an aspect of creativity, instead of simply being a photographic imitation of a painting.
Except when it comes to monotyping, the method is capable of producing multiples of the exact same piece called a print.
Each piece made will not be a copy yet considered an original since it is not a replica of some other masterwork and is formally known as an 'impression'.
Printmaking will not be selected only for being able to make numerous duplicates, but rather for the unique qualities which each of the printmaking methods lends itself to.
Prints are created by transferring ink from a matrix or via a prepared screen to a sheet of paper or other material.
Common types of matrices include: metal plates, usually copper or zinc, or plastic plates for engraving or etching; stone, aluminium, or polymer for lithography; pieces of solid wood for woodcuts and wood engravings; and linoleum for linocuts.
Screens made from silk or synthetic fabrics can be used for the screen printing method.
Printmaking methods are generally broken into the following standard groups: 1) Relief, where ink is applied to the original surface area of the matrix.
Relief methods consist of: woodcut or woodblock as the Asian forms are usually known, wood engraving, linocut and metalcut; 2) Intaglio, where ink is put on underneath the original surface area of the matrix.
Intaglio methods include: engraving, etching, mezzotint, aquatint, drypoint, and photogravure; 3) Planographic, in which the matrix retains its original surface, yet is specially prepared and/or inked to enable for the transfer of the image.
Planographic techniques include: lithography, monotyping, as well as digital methods.
4) Stencil, in which ink or paint is pressed through a ready screen, including: screen printing and pochoir.
Other forms of printmaking methods outside these groups include collagraphy, viscosity printing, and foil imaging.
Collagraphy is a printmaking method where textured material is stuck to the printing matrix.
This texture is transferred to the piece of paper during the printing procedure.
Modern printmaking might consist of digital printing, photographic mediums, or a combination of digital, photographic, as well as traditional techniques.
Several techniques can likewise be combined, especially within the same group.
For instance, Rembrandt's prints are usually referred to as "etchings" for ease, yet very often consist of work in engraving as well as drypoint at the same time, and sometimes don't have any etching at all.
In printmaking processes requiring more than one use of ink or other medium, the trouble prevails regarding the way to align properly parts of an image to obtain ink in every application.
The most apparent example of this would be a multi-color graphic in which every color is applied in a separate step.
The lining up of the outcomes of each step in a multistep printmaking method is referred to as "registration.
" Correct registration results in the various aspects of an image being in their correct place.
Yet, for creative factors, improper registration is not necessarily the ruination of an image.
This can vary considerably from process to process.
It generally requires putting the substrate, typically paper, in proper position with the printmaking component which is going to be providing it with pigmentation.