What is Printmaking? Printmaking is an indirect means of creating art by transferring an image or design by contact with a matrix such as a block, plate, stone, or screen. To gain an understanding of printmaking, please click on MoMA's websiteWhat is a Print? Also, visit thePrintroomweb...
though artists sometimes issue open editions. Once the edition is done being printed, the matrix is destroyed and every single impression is considered an original work of art. Traditionally, once printmaking took off, prints were also often used to illustrate books or were sold...
As Carl Zigrosser has written, "The print is created through contact with an inked or uninked plate, stone, block, or screen that has been worked on directly by the artist alone or with others." There are four main categories of printmaking:relief, intaglio, lithography, and screenprinting....
Tone color derives from the printing matrix in printmaking, built up through carved, etched, or layered surfaces. Paper selection and ink application modify the matrix’s settled density and contrast. For example, mezzotint utilizes roughened copper engraving plates to hold rich, velvety ink values....
Dot matrix printers, inkjet printers, laser printers, and photocopiers are all different forms of printing options for photos and graphics. Explore the characteristics of each type and what methods they use and discover some ways to detect which type of printer was used to create a document. Rel...