1. Printmaking
Repeated Art

2. Vocabulary
Printmaking : when an image is repeatedly transferred using the same setup
Plate : the surface on which an image is made. Wood, stone, linoleum, foam, etc.…

3. Brayer: a rolling tool used to spread ink
Baren: a round tool used to press the ink onto paper.
Ink : the ‘liquid’ that takes on the shape of your image.

4. Gouge: the tool used to carve away your design.
Printing Press: a machine used to make many prints, quickly.
Register: to line everything up so it’s straight.

5. Edition: The total number of identical prints (copies) made of one image.
45/150
Print #45 out of an edition of 150.

6. Uses for Printmaking!
Newspapers
Posters
Cards
T-shirts
Fine art

7. Most famous printmakers
Andy Warhol
American printmaker.
Worked in “The Factory”
Wore a white wig

8. Katsushika Hokusai 1760-1849 Edo (now Tokyo), Japan
Printed using plates made of wood.
Known by at least 30 different names as an artist. ( a common practice of the time)

9. Jay Ryan
Born: 1972 (age 44)
St. Louis, MO
Currently lives in Evanston, IL
Creates Posters for art purposes as well as band advertisements, and special events
Bassist in the band Dianogah.

10. Process 1. find or make an image.
2. draw it onto a sheet of paper the same size as your plate.
3. transfer image to plate.
4. make test print to check for flaws in plate.
5. fix plate and test again.
6. make addition of 4, each on a different paper.