Methods: A Brief Overview
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Prints are made from a single original plate or surface, called a 'matrix'. Conventional fine prints are usually produced in limited edition sets, each print being numbered and signed by the artist.
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Stencil Relief Intaglio Planographic Other Methods
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Stencil Printing A process of printing through an opening in a material or a cutout design.
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Stencil Printing: Screenprint A stencil is adhered to a material (now synthetic nylon is used instead of silk) stretched tightly over a frame. The image areas are open fabric through which ink or paint is forced with a squeegee. Screenprints can be made onto almost any material, no matter the shape.
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Stencil Printing: Pochoir A direct method for hand coloring through a stencil. The stencil itself is usually knife-cut from thin-coated paper, paperboard, plastic, or metal. A stencil and stencil-brush may be used to make multicolor prints or to add color passages to a print.
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Relief Printing Relief printing is a generic term used to describe the process of printing from a raised surface where the non-image areas have been cut away. Wood, rubber, and linoleum are traditional matrices used for relief printing.
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Relief Printing Woodcut Linocut Letterpress Rubber Stamps Collograph
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Intaglio Printing
(from the Italian 'intagliare' to engrave) The intaglio printmaking method is characterized by an image being cut into the surface of a plate. Traditionally the matrix is metal and the cutting is made with sharp hand tools or by using acid. When ink is applied to the plate, it is held in the incised image areas and wiped from the surface, then printed on a press on dampened paper.
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Intaglio Printing Etching Drypoint Mezzotint Engraving Aquatint Photogravure
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Planographic Printing Planographic printing means printing from a flat surface, as opposed to a raised surface (as with relief printing) or incised surface (as with intaglio printing). Lithography and offset lithography are planographic processes that utilize the property that water will not mix with oil.
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Planographic Printing Lithography: Stone, Plate, or Offset Viscosity printing Flexography
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Additional Methods Digital Prints Monoprint/Monotype Handmade Paper
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