Printmaking Techniques
There are four different main categories of Printmaking.
Relief Printing
Intaglio Printing
Planographic
Stencil Process
Other
Relief Printing:
Linocut, Woodcut and Wood Engraving
Characteristics:
Produces a reversed image.
A flat surface of wood or lino representing the printing surface.
The parts of the design which are not to be printed are cut away.
The plate is inked up, usually by a roller, and then transferred to the paper using direct pressure.
The part of the block that are cut away surrounds the part that will read as the image.
The printing is called direct pressure as the plate is in direct contact with the paper.
Intaglio Printing:
Drypoint, Mezzotint, Engraving, Etching, Collagraph
Characteristics:
The opposite process of relief printing.
The image is drawn, cut or etched into the surface.
Print is created by printing the sunken area of the plate by pushing ink into them and applying heavy pressure
to press the paper into the inked marks
The marks that are made are those that directly create the image.
Usually printed on Roller press.
Planographic:
Lithography
Characteristics:
The printing and non printing area are on the same level.
The image is drawn on litho stone or a metal plate.
The Image can be printed both positive and reversed, depending on which press are used.
Stencil Process:
Screenprinting
Characteristics:
This produces a direct image.
Uses a stencilling process.
Build up by layers of colours applied and pressed through a silkscreen.
Areas of the screen can be blocked off and not be printed.
Other:
Monoprint
Characteristics:
A one off impression made by applying printing ink to a flat surface and transferring it to paper.
Printing surface can be anything which is flat, smooth and non-absorbent.
(glass, plastic, metal, acetate)
The design is build up as though you were painting on paper.
(Using brushes, palettekniftes, textures)
The image will always be printed on reverse.
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