Tuesday, October 11, 2016

"Fine Art"

Print Making

1. Relief Printing=Raised surface prints

• Wood cut, linocut, wooden graving 

1. Intaglio Printing=Done on metal plates, print below the surface prints

• Dry point, etching, aquatint

• (Italian translation—to cut) 

1. Lithography Printing=Surface prints

• Litho means stone, graph means to write 

1. Serigraphy Printing=Cloth writing, stencils—> screen 

• Cloth
• Does not create a mirror image

^^Four major families of print making^^

Multiple Original, artist crete a "surface"

"Proofs"

Edition: Create a group of prints from your block that are IDENTICAL

Stress mark or plate mark: The edges of the plate on the print

Registration—the precise alignment of blocks or plates

Review:

Go to moma.org

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