Printmaking Geo Prints Printmaking WoodblockRelief Prints Techniques History

Printmaking Geo Prints

Printmaking. Woodblock/Relief Prints Techniques History Tools

PRINTMAKING • Is an area of fine art in which an inked image is transferred to a surface.

TYPES OF PRINTMAKING • Relief Printing – The image to be printed is raised from a background. Wood is the medium most often used in relief printing.

PRINTMAKINGWOODBLOCK/RELIEF PRINTS • Woodblock printing is one of the oldest printmaking techniques. Its origin is linked to the creation of cutting or shaping stamps and seals but the most important development for the creation of woodblock prints was the development of paper. Around A. D. 105 in China, the first printmaking techniques came to be.

PRINTMAKINGWOODBLOCK/RELIEF PRINTS • The history of printmaking parallels the history of art and is one of the oldest art forms. In the 16 th century Albrecht Durer created prints of the highest quality,

PRINTMAKINGWOODBLOCK/RELIEF PRINTS • Japanese printmaking originated in the 17 th century with the ukiyo-e school of woodcuts; the best-known artists were Hokusai and Hiroshige.

Printmaking. Woodblock/Relief Prints Techniques

WOODBLOCK RELIEF CARVING Wood cut – a type of relief printing in which area of the wood block are carved away, ink is put on the raised surface and it is printed onto paper when pressure is applies.

WOODBLOCK RELIEF CARVING In woodblock printmaking, the parts of the block which are not to appear on the print are removed from the block by cutting them away with a knife or other tool. For printing, the raised parts of the block are inked and the paper is pressed on it by hand or by a press.

Printmaking. Woodblock/Relief Prints Tools

PRINTMAKING TOOLS Several knifes can be used for cutting like pointed knifes for line, uand v-gouges and chisels. Today also some machines make can be used to make the cutting easier. Knifes have to kept sharp by repeated sharpening.

PRINTMAKING TOOLS In the Western tradition, oilbased ink is used for printing woodblocks. This is applied evenly in a thin layer with a brayer roller. The paper is place onto the inked block and hand-printed with a rubbing tool or printed with a press. The ink sits as a layer on top of the paper.

Printmaking. Woodblock/Relief Prints Vocabulary

EZ Cut

Brayer

Carving Tools

Printing Ink

Printing Palette

Printmaking. Woodblock/Relief Prints Over View

Geo Prints

Your Project • Objective - Students will create an image using geometric and abstract shapes. This image will be rotated 4 x and then transferred to EZ cut to be carved and printed with plans for reduction print. • • Day 1 – intro and overview, start designing Day 2 – printmaking history/ rubric / rotate design Day 3 – transfer to EZ cut – Mark EZ cut accordingly Day 4 – studio / carving demo Day 5 – carving studio Day 6, 7, 8– printing demo / studio Day 9 - reflection