Tuesday, 6 October 2009

Print Making 4



Stencil:
A method of transferring a pattern by brushing, spraying, or squeezing ink or paint through the open areas of a stencil cut from thin metal or cardboard.
The artist Banksy popularized this method.

Print Making 3



Planographic printing means printing from a flat surface, lithography and offset lithography are planographic processes.

Print Making 2




Intaglio:
Intaglio is a way of printmaking in which the image is incised into a surface, known as the matrix or plate. The incisions are created by etching, To print an intaglio plate, ink is applied to the surface and then rubbed with tarlatan cloth to remove most of the excess.

Print Making



Relief Printing:
A relief print is an image created by a printmaking process, such as woodcut, where the areas of the plate or block that are to show printed black are on the original surface. Printing the image is a relatively simple matter of inking the face of the plate or block and bringing it in firm contact with the paper.