1. Printmaking is…
A type of art that
uses an inked block
or plate to print an
image.
This allows multiple
printings, unlike
drawing or painting.

2. Printmaking started in China
The
Chinese
developed
a printing
technique
called
“woodcut”
to print
books of
Chinese
characters
and
images,
around 100
AD.

3. Five Major Types of Prints
Wood Cut
 occasionally known
as xylography—is a
relief printing artistic technique
in printmaking in which an
image is carved into the
surface of a block of wood,
with the printing parts
remaining level with the
surface while the non-printing
parts are removed, typically
with gouges. The areas to
show 'white' are cut away with
a knife or chisel, leaving the
characters or image to show
in 'black' at the original
surface level

4. Engraving
 is the practice of incising a
design onto a hard, usually
flat surface, by cutting
grooves into it. The result
may be a decorated object
in itself, as when silver,
gold, steel, or glass are
engraved, or may provide
an intaglio printing plate, of
copper or another metal,
for printing images on
paper as prints or
illustrations; these images
are also called e ng ra ving s .

5. Relief
 Relief, or relievo
rilievo, is a sculptural
technique. The
term re lie f is from the
Latin verb re le vo , to
raise. To create a
sculpture in relief is to
give the impression
that the sculpted
material has been
raised above the
background plane

6. Intaglio
 Intaglio are
techniques in art in
which an image is
created by cutting,
carving or engraving
into a flat surface and
may also refer to
objects made using
these techniques:

7. Stencil Printing
 A process which
involves cutting of the
design on special
paper or cardboard or
metal sheet in such a
way that when ink is
rubbed over it, the
design is reproduced
on the surface.

8. Some Famous Printmakers
are…
Andy Warhol, 1960s Albrecht Dürer, 1500s

9. Some More Famous
Printmakers…
Chuck Close, 1986 Katsushika Hokusai, 1800s

10. Choosing Ideas
Linoleum Cuts use Line Things to Consider
 Your image will print
backwards (mirror-imaged)
 There is no shading in
linoleum cuts; only
black or white
 Your print is created
by carving out lines
 It’s very difficult to put
detail into a lino cut