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KEY QUESTION
KEY QUESTION
Do you think the unit concept (Perspective) has a natural link to the media of printmaking?
Explain your thoughts. What other media would work well with this concept?
Julia Forsyth, Ruston Eagle Owl, cropped, block printing ink hand printed on upcycled map, 2012
Types of prints
Types of prints
Looking closely at relief prints
Looking closely at relief prints
Relief printing is a type of printing that requires the artist to carve into a piece of linoleum or wood that is then used to press onto paper and make a print. Whatever the artist carves into the surface will not receive ink on it and when a brayer rolls ink across its surface, the print will reveal the parts left uncarved. The print will be a mirror image of what you see on your printing block.
SEE/THINK/WONDER
What do you see?
What do you think about these prints?
What do these prints make you wonder?
Artist Maarit Hänninen's process
Artist Maarit Hänninen's process
What steps does the artist follow?
What tools and materials do you see throughout the process?
What would be the ideal space to do this in your house?
For a printmaker, which aspects of the art form are precise and which are instinctual?
What advantages does a printmaker have compared to a painter?
A bit of history
A bit of history
Katsushika Hokusai The Underwave off Kanagawa, 1829/1833, color woodcut, Rijksmuseum Collection
Relief Printmaking Vocabulary
PRINTMAKING: The process of designing and producing prints using a printing block, woodcut, etching, lithographic, or screen-printing.
PRINT: The actual picture the artist makes from a printmaking process.
REDUCTION BLOCK PRINT: When one block is printed several times, removing a portion and changing Color each time (working from lightest to darkest and registration is critical)
Tools
WATER-BASED INK: Coloring material composed of pigment (color) , a binder, and a vehicle. Ink is usually thicker than most paints, and has a slower drying rate.
GOUGE: In relief printing, a tool for clearing non-image areas from a block of linoleum. (V-shaped and U-shaped)
BRAYER: A small, hand-held rubber roller used to spread printing ink evenly on a surface before printing.
BAREN: A round, smooth pad, either flat or slightly convex, used to press paper against an inked wood or linoleum block to lift an impression from the block.
BENCH HOOK: A metal or wooden plate with a raised edge on each end (opposite sides) to hold A woodcut or linocut in place on a table while cutting.
LINOLEUM: A durable, washable material made in sheets
LINO CUTTER: A tool for holding the gouge that allows you to cut linoleum.
TRACING PAPER: transparent paper used for tracing maps, drawings, or designs
EBONY PENCIL: Extra smooth graphite pencil used to make fine line work stand out used for sketching, portrait and figure drawing, and illustrations.
PRINTMAKING PAPER: lightweight, hot press paper that is particularly well suited for printing by hand as the texture is smooth and doesn't require much pressure for an effective transfer.
ProcessREGISTRATION: Adjustment of the amount of ink, cleanliness of the linoleum, pressure of contact between linoleum and block to ensure correct clarity of print and alignment of the colors.
MIRROR IMAGE: The finished block print will be printed in reverse from the original drawing on the transfer paper
EDITION NUMBER: The number of a print in an edition. The first three prints in an edition 10 would be 1/10, 2/10, 3/10 etc.
PRINTMAKING: The process of designing and producing prints using a printing block, woodcut, etching, lithographic, or screen-printing.
PRINT: The actual picture the artist makes from a printmaking process.
REDUCTION BLOCK PRINT: When one block is printed several times, removing a portion and changing Color each time (working from lightest to darkest and registration is critical)
Tools
WATER-BASED INK: Coloring material composed of pigment (color) , a binder, and a vehicle. Ink is usually thicker than most paints, and has a slower drying rate.
GOUGE: In relief printing, a tool for clearing non-image areas from a block of linoleum. (V-shaped and U-shaped)
BRAYER: A small, hand-held rubber roller used to spread printing ink evenly on a surface before printing.
BAREN: A round, smooth pad, either flat or slightly convex, used to press paper against an inked wood or linoleum block to lift an impression from the block.
BENCH HOOK: A metal or wooden plate with a raised edge on each end (opposite sides) to hold A woodcut or linocut in place on a table while cutting.
LINOLEUM: A durable, washable material made in sheets
LINO CUTTER: A tool for holding the gouge that allows you to cut linoleum.
TRACING PAPER: transparent paper used for tracing maps, drawings, or designs
EBONY PENCIL: Extra smooth graphite pencil used to make fine line work stand out used for sketching, portrait and figure drawing, and illustrations.
PRINTMAKING PAPER: lightweight, hot press paper that is particularly well suited for printing by hand as the texture is smooth and doesn't require much pressure for an effective transfer.
ProcessREGISTRATION: Adjustment of the amount of ink, cleanliness of the linoleum, pressure of contact between linoleum and block to ensure correct clarity of print and alignment of the colors.
MIRROR IMAGE: The finished block print will be printed in reverse from the original drawing on the transfer paper
EDITION NUMBER: The number of a print in an edition. The first three prints in an edition 10 would be 1/10, 2/10, 3/10 etc.
Learning the basics of carving and printing
Practice Prints
Practice Prints
Extending your learning: Registration, Alignment and Jigs
Extending your learning: Registration, Alignment and Jigs
How to make a Reduction Linocut - 6-color relief print
Belinda Del PescoPublished on Jan 27, 2015
Two-color linocut printmaking with key block and registration jig, by Maarit Hänninen
Maarit HänninenPublished on Oct 8, 2018
Linocut Printmaking Demonstration | 2 color layering
Katherine ApplebyPublished on Oct 18, 2017
As you observe John Holcroft's artwork in the video, see if you can spot 5 stylistic characteristics that are consistent throughout his body of work.
As you observe John Holcroft's artwork in the video, see if you can spot 5 stylistic characteristics that are consistent throughout his body of work.
Workshop # 3: Multicolor printing with focus on alignment
If you start with white paper, can you figure out the order of carving and printing for your second workshop?
1. Carve ______________ print_________________
2. Carve ______________ print_________________
3. Carve ______________ print_________________
4. Carve ______________ print_________________
+1 ROUTINE
+1 ROUTINE
Making sense of our learning
ALIGNMENT
REGISTRATION
ACCURACY of CARVING AND INKING
RECALL
RECALL
Working individually for 3 minutes, generate a list of key ways to avoid the 3 printing problems you see in the pictures
ADD (+) 1
ADD (+) 1
Pass your papers to the right. Taking 1-2 minutes, each student reads through the list in front of him/her and adds one new thing to the list.
The addition might be an elaboration (adding a detail), a new point (adding something that was missing), or a connection (adding a relationship between ideas).
REVIEW
REVIEW
Return the papers back to the original owner. Read through and review all the additions that have been made on your sketchbook. At the same time you may add any ideas your have picked up from reading other’s lists/notes that you think are worthwhile.
Drypoint
Drypoint
How to Make a Drypoint Print from Plexiglass or Perspex with multiple colors à la poupée
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