Printmaking Processes

What is printmaking?

• When you carve or etch a plate or block that can be printed.

• When you print something of a computer.

• When you make a painting, scan it and then print it.

• When you print off a photo you have taken.

What is a collagraph print?

• where you draw a design on a smooth surface with ink and then transfer that ink to a piece of paper for 1-3 prints

• you build the plate up by gluing things to the plate to create a texture or collage that you can print with

• you make the plate by cutting away part of the plate to create a texture to print with.

• you make a plate by dipping a metal plate into acid to create a texture to print with.

What technique involves printing the top surface of the plate?

• Collograph

• Intaglio

• Planographic

• Relief

Which printmaking process requires the paper to be damp?

• Planography

• Relief

• Intaglio

• Stencil

What technique uses a stone plate and a greasy pen?

• Inkjet Printing

• Relief

• Screen printing

• Lithography

Which of these techniques involves stencils?

• Planography

• Intaglio

• Screen Printing

• Relief

In intaglio printing, what must you do after adding ink to the plate?

• Add water with spray bottle

• Wipe extra ink from the surface

• Wait for it to dry

• Use a brayer

What technique uses a screen and a squeegee to pull the ink through the open spaces to print?

• Lithography

• Screen printing

• Relief

• Intaglio

When using the relief method, what is ink applied to the plate with?

• a brush

• an ink pen

• a silk screen

• a brayer

Material that holds the inked design

• Bench hook

• Plate

• Artist’s proof

• Brayer