art

• Silkscreen:

  • Method: forcing ink through silk stretched on a wooden frame
• Ink:

  • Used to coat the plate with pigments to create color for final prints
• Intaglio:

  • Printmaking process of creating an image by incising lines into the surface of a metal plate
• Bench hook:

  • Used to hold linoleum plate in place when carving image into the plate
  • Used for rolling out the printing ink
• Monoprint:

  • Single print that is pulled from a reprintable block
• Gelli plate:

  • Simple plate used for mono-printing
• Lithograph:

  • Print pulled from an oil and water image created on a smooth surface of a stone or plate
• Carving tools:

  • Used to carve away the design when making a linoleum print
• Collagraph:

  • More contemporary form of printmaking in which layered objects are glued to a surface
• Relief:

  • Simple form of printmaking where the raised surfaces are inked and printed
  • The areas that are cut away are ink-free