PRINTMAKING

Drawing VS Printmaking
Drawing = One image

Printing = Multiple images

RELIEF PRINTING:

in print making
where an image is taken
from the top surface of a
block or plate and the non
print areas are at a lower
level (cut into the block).

RELIEF PRINTING:
in print making
where an image is taken from the top
surface of a block or plate and the
non print areas are at a lower level
(cut into the block).

Lino Block

Process and Materials

Image Reversal
The idea that
the printed
image will be
the reverse of
the image
carved on the
plate.

Positive / Negative Space

Positive space is the
object and Negative
space is the space
around the object.
In relief Printing you
usually CARVE OUT the
NEGATIVE space.

Brayer and Plate

Brayer: A rubber
hand roller used to
spread ink.
Plate: the device that
carries the image to
be printed and is
applied directly to
paper.

Registration Marks
Marks made to a surface to help with
alignment.

Serializing a series
The naming,
signing, and
numbering of
a print.

Print # over total

amount of prints
i.e. 1/5, 2/5, 3/5

Title of the work

Artist / date

Process

Trace original sketch use a soft pencil

Transfer to block

Ready to cut

Angle of blade and pressure

determine the depth of the cut

Pay attention to
the direction you
are cutting in
and WHAT YOU
ARE cutting out
(you are cutting
out the WHITE!)

Inking the brayer

Inking the block

You can use a spoon or a clean

roller to bond the ink to the paper.

It may take a few tries to get it right

Serialize it,
clean it, let it dry.
Repeat.