Printmaking
Key Vocabulary:
Intaglio Printing: Intaglio printing is a kind of printmaking where engraved surfaces on a block are inked and printed. This means what is engraved (scratched into) will appear the colour of the ink. This is the opposite of Relief printing. Examples of Intaglio printing are drypoint etching, copper plate etching and engraving.
Hatching: Hatching is a technique of creating tone by using closely spaced parallel lines.
Plate: A general printmaking term to describe any kind of material used in printmaking (not the final prints) e.g. a lino piece that you have carved your design in to
Relief Printing: Relief printing is a kind of printmaking where raised surfaces on a block are inked and printed. This means that what is cut away will appear white (or the colour of the paper). This is the opposite of Intaglio printing. Examples of relief printing include linocuts, woodcut and rubber stabs.
Repetition (Pattern): A regularly recurring motif/ shape/ figure creates pattern. A motif that recurs irregularly is repetition.
Shape: Shapes are two-dimensional areas of enclosed space, created by lines. Shapes can be organic or geometric.