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Printmaking Processes

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is printmaking?

a)

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

b)

When you print something of a computer.

c)

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

d)

When you print off a photo you have taken.

2.

What is a collagraph print?

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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

3.

What technique involves printing the top surface of the plate?

a)

Collograph

b)

Intaglio

c)

Planographic

d)

Relief

4.

Which printmaking process requires the paper to be damp?

a)

Planography

b)

Relief

c)

Intaglio

d)

Stencil

5.

What technique uses a stone plate and a greasy pen?

a)

Inkjet Printing

b)

Relief

c)

Screen printing

d)

Lithography

6.

Which of these techniques involves stencils?

a)

Planography

b)

Intaglio

c)

Screen Printing

d)

Relief

7.

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

a)

Add water with spray bottle

b)

Wipe extra ink from the surface

c)

Wait for it to dry

d)

Use a brayer

8.

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

a)

Lithography

b)

Screen printing

c)

Relief

d)

Intaglio

9.

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

a)

a brush

b)

an ink pen

c)

a silk screen

d)

a brayer

10.

Material that holds the inked design

a)

Bench hook

b)

Plate

c)

Artist’s proof

d)

Brayer

11.

žRoller used to spread ink on a relief plate.

a)

Brayer

b)

Plate

c)

Edition

d)

Bench hook

12.
Initial print pulled from a plate (test print)
a)
Plate
b)
Registration
c)
Bench hook 
d)
Artist's proof
13.

Alignment of plate and print

a)

Registration

b)

Brayer

c)

Plate

d)

Edition

14.

Number of prints pulled from a plate, not counting the artist’s proof

a)

Registration

b)

Hammurabi's code

c)

Bench hook

d)

Edition

15.

What item is used to balance the pressure of the press?

a)

Weights

b)

More paper

c)

Press Blankets

d)

Your body

16.

Select 3 things that need to be written on the bottom of each edition.

a)

Your signature

b)

The title

c)

Number of edition

d)

The class period