History & Process

2. The art of
Printmaking has
been around since
the 800’s and has
evolved into many
different types of
printmaking over
the years. Some
of the more
popular types of
printmaking are;
relief, monoprint,
collagraph,
screenprinting,
lithography and
intaglio.

3. Relief Printmaking – A simple form of printmaking where
the raised surfaces are inked and printed and the areas
that are cut away are ink free.
Harvey Daniels - Roundel

4. Emily Johns – The Rose and the Nightingale
Hebe Vernon-Morris – Bubble World . . . Or
Maybe We Just Prefer the Company of Each
Other

5. Monoprint Printmaking – A single print that is pulled from
a reprintable block. The print can either be pulled by
either painting an image or creating a collage.
Jane Beecham – Kite Flying

6. Eileen Rosen – Storm Brighton

7. Collagraph Printmaking – Is a more contemporary form of
printmaking, in which layered objects are glued to a
surface. This surface can be printed as a relief or an
intaglio plate.
Julian Hayward – Dark Sun

8. Screenprinting Printmaking – Stencil making process where
ink is forced through fine-mesh fabric.
Jon Crane – Everyone
Loves a Pansy

9. Lithograph Printmaking – A print pulled from an oil and
water image created on a smooth surface of a stone or
plate.
Juliet Kac – Preston Park

10. Intaglio Printmaking –
the term “intaglio”
which means “to
engrave or cut into”
is the printmaking
process of creating an
image by incising
lines into the surface
of a metal plate.
There are two main
groups in Intaglio
printmaking – etching
and engraving.

11. Intaglio Etching – An etched line in printmaking is more
irregular do to the bite of the acid.
Man – Ferorenko Oleksiy Juggler Tree – Andrew Levitsky Red Trees

12. Intaglio Engraving – An
engraved mark producing a
crisp, sharp line.
Pat Thornton – She Knows Better

13. Printmaking Tools
*Bench Hook – used to hold linoleum plate in place when carving image into the plate, as
well as for rolling out the printing ink
*Carving Tools – used to carve away the design when making a linoleum print
*Brayer – hand held roller used to spread the printing ink evenly
*Ink – used to coat the plate with pigments to create color for final prints
*Gelli Plate – a simple plate used for monoprinting
*Linoleum – a simple plate used for linoleum printing

14. The Printmaking Bible – The Complete Guide to Materials
and Techniques. Ann D’Arcy Hughes & Hebe Vernon-
Morris
Google – Images of Printmaking Tools