1. Mrs. Barth

2. Prints and Printmaking A print is a shape or mark made from a block or plate or other object that is covered with wet color (usually ink) and then pressed onto a flat surface, such as paper or textile. Most prints can be produced over and over again by re-inking the printing block or plate.shapemarkblockplateobjectcolor inkflatsurfacepapertextile

3. Types of Printing Wood block printing Linoleum Printing Lithography(a stone is etched using chemicals) Mono-printing (a one time print, from watercolors for example) Silk Screening (a screen has an image burned into it chemically and ink is then squeezed through, like to make T-shirts)

4. Printmaking The goal of printmaking is to be able to make multiples of an image quickly and easily Printmaking is an ancient art that has been practiced for over 600 years When a print is made there are many “proofs” or test prints done in order to refine the image on the plate

5. Editions You run test prints and refine your image until you pull a perfect test print. The perfect test print is referred to as “the artist’s proof” and is considered the most valuable of the edition. When the final test proof is deemed “perfect” you print your edition. An edition is the set of finished prints. You choose how many prints will be part of your edition. Each print in the edition is carefully hand numbered and signed. Numbering is written as 1/5, 2/5, 3/5. The first number is which print it is, the second number is how many total prints there will be.

6. Edition Printing A print numbered 15/30 is the 15th print in an edition of 30 The law of supply and demand applies to printmaking… the fewer prints that are made, the more valuable each print becomes. Once the full edition has been pulled the plate should rightfully be destroyed to preserve the value of the edition. The lower number prints are more valuable because the block degrades the more times you print it.

7. Albrecht Durer is one of the most important and famous printmakers (1471-1528) “Melencolia”

8. “Young Hare” by Albrecht Durer *Notice the texture created using only different types of line*

9. “Lamentation for Christ” By Albrecht Durer *Notice the many colors and the need for proper registration*

10. Registration: When multiple plates are used for each color application it is necessary to line things up properly each time a new color is added. The lining up of the results of each step in a multistep printmaking process is called "registration." Proper registration results in the various components of an image being in their proper place. But, for artistic reasons, improper registration is not necessarily the ruination of an image.

11. Elizabeth Catlett