Chapter 8: Intaglio Printmaking

The opposite of relief printing, intaglio prints-

• areas below the surface holding the ink

• the same as relief printing, but in Italian

• with no ink, but actually paint and the paint is bellow the surface.

• areas in between the uncarved surface

What does the word intaglio originate from?

• from the french word for printing

• intaglio comes from the Italian verb intagliare, meaning to cut into

• intaglio comes for the greek verb meaning to cut into

• the word originated from the 15th century printer Inta Gloo, who popularized the form of relief printing

intaglio printing is....?

• raised printing

• engraved images

• flat images

• screen images

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.

Which printmaking process requires the paper to be damp?

• Planography

• Relief

• Intaglio

• Stencil

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 item is used to balance the pressure of the press?

• Weights

• More paper

• Press Blankets

• Your body

What technique/type of printing is the bottom of an incision?–
-Etching, aquatint, drypoint 

• Relief
• Intaglio
• Planographic
• Collograph

Material that holds the inked design

• Bench hook 
• Plate 
• Artist’s proof 
• Brayer

A means of incising lines in a metal plate with acid for printing in the intaglio technique.

• Edition

• Etching

• Gouge

• Block