Prep Tasks 4 Complete all tasks into your large presentation book – remember to only work on one side of each page! Complete lino block and printing experiments – use your imagination to transform your prints with varying techniques and materials Produce Board 2 using the handout as a guide If you have time: - Try one alternative print technique – either intaglio, collagraph, Styrofoam, work A5 size and produce a small series of prints – select a different sea image to work from - Produce a print-making artist transcript linked to own print work A4 in any media – select from: Mark Hearld Edward Bawden Sarah Young Henryk Polubinski Or any other appropriate print artist

Lino Printing Artists Mark Hearld

Lino Printing Artists Edward Bawden

Lino Printing Artists Henryk Polubinski

Lino Printing Artists Sarah Young

Lino Printing A lino print block is produced by cutting into soft linoleum with a sharp knife, V or U-shaped chisel or gouge producing a raised surface, a reversal (mirror image) of the parts to show, that then can be inked and printed. The actual printing can be done by hand or with a press Linoleum was invented in the nineteenth century as a floor covering; it became popular with artists for printmaking in the twentieth century as it was easier to cut into than wood. Art historians say it was probably first used by the group of artists known as the “German Expressionists” such as Ernst Heckel and Gabriele Munter at the very start of the 20th century. Colour linocuts can be made by using a different block for each colour as in a woodcut but also by a method known as “reduction”. This was first used by Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. The Reduction technique You start by carving into the block leaving larger areas to print the lightest colour. You then print this a number of times onto paper. Next you wash your block and carve more out of the block (the parts where you want the lightest part to show through). You then print a different colour over the top of the first set of paper prints. This can be repeated until the block is completely cut away (!) but most artists stop at 2, 3 or 4 colours. A list of more artists for lino printing Georg Baselitz, German artist Angel Botello, Spanish-Puerto Rican artist Carlos Cortez, American poet and artist Eric Ravillious, British artist and illustrator Henri Matisse, French painter Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter M. C. Escher, Dutch artist known for his mathematically inspired works Stanley Donwood, British artist (most famous for his work with British band Radiohead)

Intaglio Printing Intaglio is the group of printmaking techniques in which the image is scored into a surface, and the scored line or sunken area holds the ink. It is the direct opposite of a relief print. Traditionally copper or zinc plates are used as a surface but in recent years plastic and card have been also used as an alternative. The lines can be cut with a burin (called drypoint or engraving) or corroded with acid into the surface (called etching). In intaglio printing, the lines to be printed are filled with ink by rubbing or dabbing the plate with ink with all the excess ink wiped off leaving ink only in the incisions A damp piece of paper is placed on top of the plate, so that when going through the press the damp paper will be able to be squeezed into the plate's ink-filled grooves. The paper and plate are then covered by a thick blanket to ensure even pressure when going through the rolling press. The rolling press applies very high pressure through the blanket to push the paper into the grooves on the plate. The paper is peeled off the plate to reveal the image. The plate can be inked and printed again and again. Intaglio techniques are primarily a monochromatic process and relies on detailed mark-making and drawing for success A list of artists for intaglio printing: Albrecht Dürer, 15th century German painter and printmaker Edward Hopper, American 20th century artist Francisco Goya, 18th century Spanish painter James Abbott McNeill Whistler, 19th century American painter Käthe Kollwitz, German 20th century artist Rembrandt, 17th century Dutch painter Gabor Peterdi, 20th century Hungarian/American artist

Intaglio Printing

Collagraph Printing A collagraph is a type of relief printing. The printmaking plate can be created much as is a collage, by gluing relatively flat materials to a surface (you can also add etched and scratched areas too!) The resulting prints are called collagraphs. Some printmakers combine both methods, intaglio wiping and rolling surface color onto the plate to produce the print. Materials with different surfaces and textures are assembled on a flat base (called the plate). The base is often made of thin wood, sheet metal, or heavy cardboard. Objects in low relief are first glued to the rigid backing. The heights of the various materials should be somewhat similar--there shouldn't be too much difference in elevation. Possible Materials for Collagraphs Lace Doilies Braid Clock parts Corrugated cardboard Buttons Toothpicks Coins Sandpaper Textured wallpaper String Feathers Mesh Embroidery Flat rubber pieces Washers Woven fabric Flattened plants When the glue is dry, coat the plate with varnish or acrylic medium. When the sealant has dried, select a soft but strong printing paper to use for your print. Printing the Relief Plate:  Coat the block with ink using a roller and remove any excess - varied heights require careful inking. If you miss any areas, try daubing ink on the printing surface with a brush or a piece of felt. Either print by covering the plate with paper and pressing rolling over it or rubbing it to ipress onto the paper or if flat enough use a printing press to make the impression. The printing plate is usually, but not always, re-inked for each impression. Sometimes enough ink remains on the plate that another print, a "ghost" image, can be made. The print block itself can also become a work of art!

Collagraph Printing Collagraph artists: Brenda Harthill Kim Major-George Chris Sims