Printmaking

a unified, cohesive body of work that employs the same technique, subject, or palette throughout multiple works

• print

• etching

• edition

• series

a physical surface that can be manipulated to hold ink

• ink

• engraving

• printing press

• matrix

a circular tool with a flat face used for rubbing paper to effectively transfer ink

• matrix

• barren

• brayer

• ink

A form of printmaking where the image can only be made once

• monoprint

• edition

• etching

• engraving

a planographic printmaking process in which a design is drawn onto a flat stone (or prepared metal plate, usually zinc or aluminum) and affixed by means of a chemical reaction.

• Brayer

• Lithography

• woodcut

• linocut

a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. Widely known for his 36 views of Mount Fuji.

• Murakami

• Wei Wei

• Hokusai

• Kusama

a relief process in which knives and other tools are used to carve a design into the surface of a wooden block.

• engraving

• lithograph

• linocut

• woodcut

 A relief technique using a sheet of linoleum from which shapes are gouged away using chisels or knives, leaving the printing image as the raised surface.

• relief

• linocut

• woodcut

• etching

What is the artist's first print called?

• proof

• screen print

• relief

• linocut

What is a relief print?

• etching

• When material is removed from a matrix leaving a recessed image to be printed

• when material is removed from a matrix leaving a raised surface to be printed

• monoprint