Q1, Project 2: Block Printed Note Cards
Watch this Video about Print Making: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKt_ZkR8uHo
Watch this Video on the History of Printing with moveable type: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE1F54VCdqc
Historically, block printing has been practiced for thousands of years----Go to this website to visit a block printing museum: www.anokhi.com/museum/home.html
Go to this site to read about Block Printing, especially if you missed some classes: ohsobeautifulpaper.com/2012/01/the-printing-process-block-printing/
Blockprinting Video #3
Vocabulary: Quiz on Sept 28th
ARTIST’S PROOF; One of a small group of prints set aside from the actual edition for the artist’s use, made to check the quality of the print.
BAREN; A round, smooth pad, either flat or slightly convex, used to press paper against an inked wood or linoleum block to lift an impression from the block.
BENCH HOOK; A metal or wooden plate with a raised edge on each end (opposite sides) to hold A woodcut or linocut in place on a table while cutting.
BLOCK; In printing, a piece of thick, flat material, with a design on its surface, used to print repeated impressions of that design. Called a PLATE in etching and engraving (metal).
BRAYER; A small, hand-held rubber roller used to spread printing ink evenly on a surface before printing.
EDITION; A set of identical prints, that are numbered and signed. This set of prints have been pulled by or under the supervision of the artist and are authorized for distribution.
GOUGE; In relief printing, a tool for clearing non-image areas from a block of wood or linoleum. Gouges can be many shapes, we used “V” and a “U” shaped gouges. “V” gouges clear a thin “line” of material and a “U” would clear a thick “line” of material.
IMPRESSION NUMBER; The number of a print in an edition. The first three prints in an edition 10 would be 1/10, 2/10, 3/10 etc.
INK; Coloring material composed of pigment (color) , a binder, and a vehicle. Ink is usually thicker than most paints, and has a slower drying rate.
LINOLEUM PRINT or Linocut; A type of relief print in which the image is cut into a piece of linoleum.
PRINT; The actual picture the artist makes from a printmaking process.
PRINTING PRESS; A device used by a fine art printmaker to produce prints one copy at a time. It applies pressure between a sheet of paper and an inked printing plate. Presses for intaglio printing apply considerable pressure as they force the paper and plate between a roller and a flat bed, thus squeezing the paper into the inked grooves of the plate.
PRINTMAKING; The process of designing and producing prints using a printing block, woodcut, etching, lithographic, or screenprinting.
PROOFING; checking to see if a print was successful, this print would be called a proof print.
REGISTRATION; Adjustment of separate plates, blocks, screens or paper in color printing to ensure correct alignment of the colors.
RELIEF; Printmaking technique in which the image is printed from a raised surface, usually produced by cutting away non-image material.
RELIEF PRINT; A means of making prints by creating a raised design on a flat surface, the image appears raised from the surface of the plate or block. The design Is inked or covered with color and stamped on paper or another surface.
STENCIL; A printing process by which areas are blocked out to keep ink from non-image areas.
TRIAL PRINT; A proof pulled from a block, plate, or stone to check the appearance of the image to make sure it is all right before making the edition. After a critical or important change is made on a plate, it is necessary to see what has been done before going to the next step; checking to see if a change was successful, which is called PROOFING.
BAREN; A round, smooth pad, either flat or slightly convex, used to press paper against an inked wood or linoleum block to lift an impression from the block.
BENCH HOOK; A metal or wooden plate with a raised edge on each end (opposite sides) to hold A woodcut or linocut in place on a table while cutting.
BLOCK; In printing, a piece of thick, flat material, with a design on its surface, used to print repeated impressions of that design. Called a PLATE in etching and engraving (metal).
BRAYER; A small, hand-held rubber roller used to spread printing ink evenly on a surface before printing.
EDITION; A set of identical prints, that are numbered and signed. This set of prints have been pulled by or under the supervision of the artist and are authorized for distribution.
GOUGE; In relief printing, a tool for clearing non-image areas from a block of wood or linoleum. Gouges can be many shapes, we used “V” and a “U” shaped gouges. “V” gouges clear a thin “line” of material and a “U” would clear a thick “line” of material.
IMPRESSION NUMBER; The number of a print in an edition. The first three prints in an edition 10 would be 1/10, 2/10, 3/10 etc.
INK; Coloring material composed of pigment (color) , a binder, and a vehicle. Ink is usually thicker than most paints, and has a slower drying rate.
LINOLEUM PRINT or Linocut; A type of relief print in which the image is cut into a piece of linoleum.
PRINT; The actual picture the artist makes from a printmaking process.
PRINTING PRESS; A device used by a fine art printmaker to produce prints one copy at a time. It applies pressure between a sheet of paper and an inked printing plate. Presses for intaglio printing apply considerable pressure as they force the paper and plate between a roller and a flat bed, thus squeezing the paper into the inked grooves of the plate.
PRINTMAKING; The process of designing and producing prints using a printing block, woodcut, etching, lithographic, or screenprinting.
PROOFING; checking to see if a print was successful, this print would be called a proof print.
REGISTRATION; Adjustment of separate plates, blocks, screens or paper in color printing to ensure correct alignment of the colors.
RELIEF; Printmaking technique in which the image is printed from a raised surface, usually produced by cutting away non-image material.
RELIEF PRINT; A means of making prints by creating a raised design on a flat surface, the image appears raised from the surface of the plate or block. The design Is inked or covered with color and stamped on paper or another surface.
STENCIL; A printing process by which areas are blocked out to keep ink from non-image areas.
TRIAL PRINT; A proof pulled from a block, plate, or stone to check the appearance of the image to make sure it is all right before making the edition. After a critical or important change is made on a plate, it is necessary to see what has been done before going to the next step; checking to see if a change was successful, which is called PROOFING.