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Relief printing: A form of printmaking in which only the raised areas of the blocks are printed.
What is a Linocut?: Linocuts are very similar to woodcuts. It is a printing method using a sheet of linoleum, in which a subtractive cutting method is used to take away the parts of linoleum where you want to leave the white of the page, and keep the parts you want to be inked! In the result you have a linocut that can reproduce the same image over and over again.
What is a Linocut?: Linocuts are very similar to woodcuts. It is a printing method using a sheet of linoleum, in which a subtractive cutting method is used to take away the parts of linoleum where you want to leave the white of the page, and keep the parts you want to be inked! In the result you have a linocut that can reproduce the same image over and over again.
A Short History: While linoleum was first invented in the 1860s, it wasn't used as a medium for printing until the early 1900s in Germany, where it was first used for making patterns on wallpaper!
A Short History: While linoleum was first invented in the 1860s, it wasn't used as a medium for printing until the early 1900s in Germany, where it was first used for making patterns on wallpaper!
Some terms used in relief printmaking
Plate: The surface on which the image is prepared. It can be wood, stone, linoleum, or a variety of other materials like cardboard.
Gouge: The tool used for carving away the negative shape in your design. It comes with a variety of different blades.
Brayer: The rolling device used to spread ink onto the plate and then onto the block.
Patterns: can be described as a repeating unit of shape or form, but it can also be thought of as the "skeleton" that organises the parts of a composition.
Signatures
Signatures
Very early prints were not signed. In the later part of the fifteenth century many artists signed their prints by incorporating a signature or monogram into the design as ’signed in the plate’ or ’plate signature.’
While some prints were pencil signed as early as the late eighteenth century, the practice of signing work in pencil or ink did not become common practice until the late 1880s, probably coinciding with the practice of numbering editions.
Signing a print as initially done for the benefit of collectors; artists and publishers, when presented with a choice, preferred to buy pencil-signed impressions rather than an unsigned print.
Today it is expected that original prints be signed by the artist. An unsigned impression of the same print is generally not as commercially valuable.
Number and Editioning
Number and Editioning
Numbering printed editions didn’t start until the late nineteenth century. However, it wasn’t a standard practice until the mid 1960s. Today, all limited edition prints should be numbered, with the first number being the impression number and the second number representing the whole edition. For example 3/10, where 3 is the 3rd impressions from and edition of 10 prints.
SAFETY FIRST.
SAFETY FIRST.
The tools are sharp!
The tools are sharp!
Never cut towards your hand, face or body - always away from yourself and away from the hand that is holding the block steady. Always wing your lino and cut away from yourself rather than change the direction of your hand.
Never cut towards your hand, face or body - always away from yourself and away from the hand that is holding the block steady. Always wing your lino and cut away from yourself rather than change the direction of your hand.
Problem:A cold piece of lino is harder to cut and can cause a lift of the tool.
Problem:A cold piece of lino is harder to cut and can cause a lift of the tool.
Solution: To make a smoother, easier and safer cut slightly heat lino. This can be done by, ironing lino, working on 2 artworks at a time while cutting one piece you are sitting on the other(body heat) ,placing hot water bottle on piece or even leaving the lino in the sun.
Solution: To make a smoother, easier and safer cut slightly heat lino. This can be done by, ironing lino, working on 2 artworks at a time while cutting one piece you are sitting on the other(body heat) ,placing hot water bottle on piece or even leaving the lino in the sun.
ART MAKING TASK
Abstract Art: Art that does not attempt to represent an accurate depiction of a visual reality but instead use shapes, colours, forms and gestural marks to achieve its effect.
FOCUS-
STRUCTURAL FRAME - Awareness of composition and the existence of PATTERN *, REPETITION, SYMMETRY and SYMBOLS when viewing architecture.
SUBJECTIVE FRAME- Awareness of how PATTERN, REPETITION, SYMMETRY and SYMBOLS make the viewer feel.
CULTURAL FRAME- Awareness that PATTERN, REPETITION, SYMMETRY and SYMBOLS have meaning that informs the viewer about society.
*Patterns: can be described as a repeating unit of shape or form, but it can also be thought of as the "skeleton" that organises the parts of a composition.
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