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...
by Sudesha Shrestha | Oct 6, 2016 | Printmaking
A technique used in Intaglio etchings. Like etching, aquatint technique involves the application of acid to make marks in a metal plate. Where the etching technique uses a needle to make lines that retain ink, aquatint relies on powdered rosin which is acid resistant...
by Sudesha Shrestha | Oct 6, 2016 | Printmaking
A variant of engraving, done with a sharp point, rather than a v-shaped burin. While engraved lines are very smooth and hard-edged, drypoint scratching leaves a rough burr at the edges of each line. This burr gives drypoint prints a characteristically soft, and...
