by Sudesha Shrestha | Oct 6, 2016 | Printmaking
Monoprinting is a form of printmaking that uses a matrix such as a woodblock, litho stone, or copper plate, but produces impressions that are unique. Multiple unique impressions printed from a single matrix are sometimes known as a variable edition. There are many...
by Sudesha Shrestha | Oct 6, 2016 | Printmaking
Screenprinting (occasionally known as “silkscreen”, or “serigraphy”) creates prints by using a fabric stencil technique; ink is simply pushed through the stencil against the surface of the paper, most often with the aid of a squeegee....
by Sudesha Shrestha | Oct 6, 2016 | Printmaking
Monotyping is a type of printmaking made by drawing or painting on a smooth, non-absorbent surface. The surface, or matrix, was historically a copper etching plate, but in contemporary work it can vary from zinc or glass to acrylic glass. The image is then transferred...
by Sudesha Shrestha | Oct 6, 2016 | Printmaking
Lithograph is a planographic technique in which the artist draws directly on a flat stone or specially prepared metal plate (usually with a greasy crayon). Lithography is a technique invented in 1798 by Alois Senefelder and based on the chemical repulsion of oil and...
by Sudesha Shrestha | Oct 6, 2016 | Printmaking
An intaglio variant of engraving in which the image is formed from subtle gradations of light and shade. Mezzotint—from the Italian mezzo (“half”) and tinta (“tone”)—is a “dark manner” form of printmaking, which requires artists to...
