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APPRENTICESHIP AND EXPLORATION
IN ARTS PRODUCTION
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 What is Printmaking?
●an artistic process of creating artworks
by transferring an image.
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 History of Printmaking
EGYPT JAPAN CHINA KOREA
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 History of Printmaking in the
18th Century
Philippines
Only 4 Printing presses in Manila.

Oldest printmaking method Xylography or Woodcut

First Printed book Doctrina Christiana en Lengua

Espanola y tagala by Juan de
Vera
Downfall of woodcut When copper plate engraving
became more popular

Estampasitas/ Estampas Prints of miraculous images for

distribution to devotees at their
shire.
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 Materials use in Printmaking
MATRIX The one that holds up the image
that makes up the print.
Example: Wood, Metal, and
Limestone
PAPER Used by almost every form of
printing. Image is transferred by
applying pressure using hands or by
printing press.
BURIN/ GRAVER A steel cutting tool that was
predominantly used in intaglio
engravers.
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MAT
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PAP
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BUR
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INTAG
LIO
RELI
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 WOO LINO
carving a design into a carving a design into a
DCUT
block of wood. blockCUT
of linoleum
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 The plate is coated with an acid-resistant
substance, and lines are drawn through it to
expose the metal. The plate is then submerged in
an acid bath, which bites into the exposed areas.

ETCH
ING
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 ENGRAVI
Lines are incised into a metal plate using a sharp tool. Ink is then

lines.
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applied, and the plate is wiped clean, leaving ink only in the incised
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 DRYPOIN
Like engraving, but the lines are
T
scratched directly into the plate
without using acid.
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 FAMOUS FILIPINO
PRINTMAKERS
MANUEL
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RODRIGUEZ
In 1968, he founded the Philippine Association
of Printmakers. His prints were the first ones
done by SR.
a Filipino to be part of international
biennial exhibitions abroad. He eventually
received numerous accolades for his
contributions to the field and to the national
consciousness, and became recognized as the
“Father of Philippine Printmaking.”
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 RODOLFO
SAMONTE
The found time to teach printmaking at the
University of the Philippines (UP) between
1975 and 1976, and to curate an exhibition,
entitled Gridworks, at the Cultural Center of the
Philippines (CCP) in 1978
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 ROMULO
2ndOLAZO
In 1971, he won first prize for Sepia II,
Ed, and third prize for Shame,
both collagraphs in the mixed media
category of the annual competition of
the Philippine Association of
Printmakers.
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 Ofelia
She Gelvezon-
has done prints, collages, stoneware pottery,
and paintings on silk, linen, and paper. In
Tequi
printmaking, she has worked in several media:
colored etching on zinc plates, engraving on
copper, and collage with handmade paper.
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 ACTIVITY NO 2. PRINTMAKING
Use recyclable materials to create prints.

1. Intaglio printmaking Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fs4XJ9heDo

2. Collagraphy Example: https://youtu.be/byCqiS-9-Cs?si=ZjyA09Ze3lWg2qwN

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