Printmaking A Process of Art in which designs are transferred from an inked surface to a support surface. Above: Hokusai (woodblock), Warhol (silkscreen), Durer (intaglio)

Printmaking Processes Relief Printmaking – Carving into a wood or linoleum surface – Ink raised surfaces to print Intaglio Printmaking – Etching into a metal surface – Ink inlaid in etched lines to print Silkscreen Printing – Transferring a design onto a screen to push ink through – Used for t-shirts, posters Lithography – Drawing a design on a stone surface – Using a resist chemical, ink sticks to drawn lines to print

A Brief History Pre-Historic Cavemen stamp hands on walls 1,000 BC-Ancient Sumerians engrave stamps on cylinder seals 2 nd – 8 th Century- Chinese and Japanese create ‘rubbings’, Europeans print textiles Paper! Invented by someone in Spain

And now that we have paper… 15th Century-German playing cards made from woodcuts 16th Century-Albrecht Durer invents the printing press (self portrait in studio to the left) Etching into metal, woodcuts, and eventually lithographs on stone are created.

Purposes Functional – Books – Textile Persuasive – Poster art – Advertising – Propaganda Artistic Expression

Relief Printmaking Carving an image into a PLATE Our PLATE will be a LINOLEUM BLOCK Rolling ink over carved surface Pressing inked design onto paper Raised surfaces hold ink, carved surfaces will be the color of the paper Image on plate will be reverse on paper

Your Project Will be a linoleum block relief print – 4” x 6” Can be your choice of SUBJECT – Portrait – Still Life – Landscape – Non Objective Can be your choice of PURPOSE – Persuasive – Artistic Expression – Functional May NOT have words in the design Should show at least 3 levels of value – Hatching/cross-hatching

Student examples

Researching Printmakers Answer questions on Printmaking handout. Research online: – Albrecht Durer – Katsushika Hokusai – Käthe Kollwitz – Andy Warhol You may use Wikipedia