Printmaking

A small, hand-held rubber roller used to spread printing ink evenly on a surface before printing.

• Brayer

• Roller

• Baren

• Rocker

A means of making prints by creating a raised design on a flat surface. The design is inked or covered with color and stamped on paper or another surface.

• Rescue Print

• Intaglio Print

• Relief Print

• Intern Print

A physical surface that can be manipulated to hold ink, which is then transferred to paper.

• Mallet

• Table

• Bowl

• Matrix

A printing process where found materials are glued on to the matrix and printed.

• Collagraphy

• Calligraphy

• Collagy

• Calligree

A set of identical prints, that are numbered and signed.

• Collection

• Edition

• Group

• Set

In relief printing, a tool for clearing areas from a block of wood or linoleum.

• Chopper

• Cutter

• Gauge

• Gouge

A print pulled in an edition of one. There is no series of identical prints.

• Monoink

• Monoprint

• Linocut

• Linoleum

Marking the four corners of separate plates/matrices, screens or paper in color printing to ensure correct alignment of the colors.

• Reservation

• Cornering

• Checking

• Registration

A printing technique by which areas are blocked out to keep ink from non-image areas.

• Block

• Stencil

• Break

• Stop

In monotype printmaking, the second image pulled from a printmaking plate.

• Great image

• Imagine image

• Ghost image

• Invisable image