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ABOUT PRINTMAKING . . .
Printmaking is the process of making artworks by printing.
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Relief
Relief is the oldest form of printmaking. The basic principle of relief printing is to create an image on paper from the raised surface of the matrix. |
Intaglio
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Lithography
Lithography is based on the concept of mutual incompatibility of oil and water; the capacity of limestone to absorb and retain water and the disposition of oily substances to adhere to limestone. The polished nature of the surface is receptive to the oil that is spread over it. In 1796, Aloysius Senefelder discovered that by chemically treating the surface of limestone, and drawing onto it with a grease crayon, only the areas touched by the grease crayon would take the printing ink. Therefore, by drawing in this way, inking it, covering it with a damp paper and running it through a printing press, the image is transferred exactly onto the paper. |
Serigraphy
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