PrintmakingA Process of Art in which

designs are transferred from an inked surface to a support

surface.Above: Hokusai (woodblock), Warhol (silkscreen), Durer (intaglio)

Printmaking Processes• Relief Printmaking

– Carving into a wood or linoleum surface

– Ink raised surfaces to print

• Intaglio Printmaking– Etching into a metal

surface– Ink inlaid in etched lines to

print

• Silkscreen Printing– Transferring a design onto

a screen to push ink through

– Used for t-shirts, posters

• Lithography– Drawing a design on a

stone surface– Using a resist chemical, ink

sticks to drawn lines to print

A Brief History• Pre-Historic Cavemen

stamp hands on walls• 1,000 BC-Ancient

Sumerians engrave stamps on cylinder seals

• 2nd – 8th Century-Chinese and Japanese create ‘rubbings’, Europeans print textiles

• 1151- Paper! Invented by someone in Spain

And now that we have paper…

• 15th Century-German playing cards made from woodcuts

• 16th Century-Albrecht Durer invents the printing press (self portrait in studio to the left)

• Etching into metal, woodcuts, and eventually lithographs on stone are created.

Purposes

• Functional– Books– Textile

• Persuasive– Poster art– Advertising– Propaganda

• Artistic Expression

Relief Printmaking• Carving an image into a

PLATE• Our PLATE will be a

LINOLEUM BLOCK• Rolling ink over carved

surface• Pressing inked design onto

paper• Raised surfaces hold ink,

carved surfaces will be the color of the paper

• Image on plate will be reverse on paper

Your Project• Will be a linoleum block relief print

– 4” x 6”• Can be your choice of SUBJECT

– Portrait– Still Life– Landscape– Non Objective

• Can be your choice of PURPOSE– Persuasive– Artistic Expression– Functional

• May NOT have words in the design• Should show at least 3 levels of value

– Hatching/cross-hatching

Student examples

Researching Printmakers

• Answer questions on Printmaking handout.• Research online:– Albrecht Durer– Katsushika Hokusai– Käthe Kollwitz– Andy Warhol

• You may use Wikipedia