ARTS

PRINTMAKING
What makes an
artwork really
special?
LET’S TALK ABOUT PRINTMAKING
 Artworks that involve the production of
prints are created through printmaking.
Printmaking is the process by which
different types of prints are created. It can
make multiple images or pictures using one
tool or several copies from one design.
 EXAMPLE OF
PRINTMAKING
 This is done by creating the
design on a surface called
plate or medium like
woodblock, metal plate, stone,
or screen.
 RELIEF PRINTING
(AN EXAMPLE OF PRINTMAKING)
 Relief printing is a form of
printmaking in which the image to
be transferred to another sheet of
paper or other material) is raised
above the surface of the printings
plates.
 THE MOST
COMMON
MATERIAL USED
IN RELIEF
PRINTING IS
WOODBLOCK.
 “Life is like printing. You make people get an
impression of you according to the way you deal
with them. This impression may last long or will
never change.”