9781607747598

A fully illustrated instructional printmaking book presenting step-by-step examples alongside representative works from thirty top contemporary printmaking artists.

Printmaking is flourishing in the modern era, appealing to both traditional artists as well as those interested in graphic design and digital techniques. This all-in-one guide is both technical and inspirational, examining the history and contemporary processes of relief, intaglio, lithography, serigraphy, mixed media, digital transfers, and post-digital graphics. Featuring step-by-step examples alongside representative works and profiles of top printmaking artists, this colorful resource
provides a truly fresh look at printmaking today, in all its forms.

SYLVIE COVEY was born in France and studied graphic arts at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs in Paris. She has taught digital and photo techniques in printmaking at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York since 2001 and has been an instructor at the Art Students League of New York since 1995. Her work has been exhibited throughout Europe, Asia, and North and South America and has been acquired by major museums and institutions. She lives in New York City.

Foreword by Ira Goldberg vi

Acknowledgments viii

Introduction 1

Some Basic Terms and Definitions 2

About This Book 7

Part I: Relief Printmaking
1 | Relief Printmaking Background and Basics 11
A Brief History 11
Western- versus Japanese-Style
Relief Printing 18

2 | Woodblock Printing 29
Equipment and Materials for
Woodcuts 29
Reduction-Method Woodblock
Printing 31
Western-Style Multiblock Woodcuts 43
Japanese-Style Multiblock Woodcuts
(Ukiyo-e) 44

3 | Linoleum Block Printing 49
Equipment and Materials for Linocuts 49
Single-Color (Black and White)
Linocuts 50
Color Reduction Linocuts 53
Part II: Intaglio Printmaking

4 | Intaglio Printmaking Background
and Basics 61
A Brief History 65
Equipment and Materials 72
Preparing the Plate 77

5 | Non-Acid Intaglio Techniques 81
Drypoint 82
Engraving 83
Mezzotint 87

6 | Acid Intaglio Techniques 97
Hard Ground Etching 97
Soft Ground Etching 103
Aquatint 109
Acid-Resist Open Bite Etching 125
Embossing 129
Sugar Lift 132

7 | Collography 137

8 | Photo-Etching and Photogravure 143
Polymer Photo-Etching 143
Toner Transfer Photo-Etching 151
Polymer Photogravure 155

9 | Printing Intaglio 159
Printing in Monochrome 159
Printing in Multiple Colors à la Poupée 162
Printing in Multiple Colors—Color
Separation Method 163
Roll-up Viscosity Printing 163
Part III: Lithography
And Serigraphy

10 | Lithography 169
A Brief History 171
Equipment and Materials 177
Stone Lithography 181
Hand-Drawn Lithography on
Aluminum 200
Photolithography 206
Pronto Polyester Lithography 214
Paper Lithography 221

11 | Serigraphy 225
A Brief History 226
Equipment and Materials 228

Basic Screen Printing Techniques 230

Part IV: Chine-Collé, Mixed Media, and New Printmaking Techniques

12 | Chine-Collé 239

13 | Mixed Media 251

Richard Pitts 252

Jase Clark 256

Slavko Djuric 260

Shelley Thorstensen 264

Janet Millstein 268

Marcin Wlodarczyk 272

14 | Digital Transfers 276

15 | Post-Digital Graphics 285

Resources 296
For Further Reading 299
About the Author 301
Index 302

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Modern Printmaking

Modern Printmaking

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