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The Printmaking Process
In partnership with the Art Gallery of Peel.
Printmaking is an art medium that has grown in popularity within the last century. There are many forms of printmaking which range in complexity yet all forms are based on the same principle: transferring an image from a matrix onto a transferring base.
The printmaker draws, etches or carves an image onto a printing matrix - such as a stone or a metal plate. The matrix is then coated with ink, covered with a transferring base - such as paper or fabric - and then printed with a roller press or a hand press. The resulting print is often identical to the image first put onto the matrix.
Numerous copies can be made from one matrix. A printmaker may use this art medium for solely artistic purposes or for commercial productions. The fine art print is an original work of art in the same way a canvas or watercolour is an original work of art. The difference is that the print usually has a very small edition of the same image whereas the canvas or watercolour is one-of-a-kind. The fine art print tends to be produced in small numbers, ideally not exceeding an edition size of 100.
Techniques- Monotype (Mono) Printing
- Embossing
- Relief or Block Printing (Woodcuts, linoleum printing)
- Etching
- Serigraph Printing (Silk-Screen)
- Lithography
- Intaglio
- Aquatint
- Drypoint
- Mezzotint
- Engraving
- Embossing
- Etching (includes photo etching)
- Printmaking and Collage
- China Colle
- Collagraph
- Foam Relief Printing