Printmaking
Presented by the students of Art 150
Art 150 / Beginning Printmaking / Marit Berg
Printmaking relies on a matrix to relay an image. This may be a metal etching plate, a woodblock, or even a digital file. A familiar example of a print would be currency you have in your wallet. Paper money is “printed” in that one is exactly like another. Because we did not have a press to transfer the image to paper, all prints this year were hand printed using a baren, with the exception of the collaged rubbings.
Collage Rubbings
Textures in the form of “rubbings” are taken from surfaces using paper and various colored crayons. By “rubbing” the crayon over the surface you can capture very detailed and interesting textures. From here the rubbings were cut and collaged into an image of the students choice.
Leaf Print
In this assignment, actual leaves are inked up and transfer to the paper leaving there unique natural impression.
Monoprint
This technique requires you to paint or draw with ink directly on a plastic plate. Then you transfer the wet ink to the paper. This can be done a number of times to build up the image.
Lino-cut Relief Print
This is more traditional printmaking that is taught regularly “in class.” For this you carve away the lines on the plate and rollup the surface with ink. All the lines you carve are white and everything you didn’t carve will be black. It is a challenge to work in “reverse.”
