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
• 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
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