By Mrs.

Carrie Page
Nimitz 9th Grade Campus
Aldine ISD

Printing
What is printmaking?
• When you apply ink
or other media to a
surface in order to
transfer the image
onto another surface,
you are printmaking.
• All you need is ink,
something to print
from and something
to print onto, like
paper.
Mass Printing Actually began in
China…
The earliest dated
printed book
known is the
"Diamond Sutra",
printed in China in
868 AD. However,
it is suspected that
book printing may
have occurred long
before this date.
The Miracle of Moveable Type
• In 1041 AD,
movable clay type
was first invented
in China.
• Johannes
Gutenberg
invented the
printing press with
replaceable
wooden or metal
letters in 1436
(completed by
1440).
Before moveable type…
• Artists mainly made
prints for religious
literature.
– Monks would copy the
writing by hand and the
artist would print the
picture.
• Artist’s also created
prints to record historical
events or local stories and
myths.
Last Supper by Albrecht Durer
 Musicisna
By
Jost Ammon
Great Wave by Hokusai
After Moveable type…
• Artists started creating
prints simply to create
artwork.
• They recorded daily life
of both nobility and
peasants.
• They created political
satire to tease and make
fun of the nobility.
• They illustrated favorite
stories and myths.
Meadowsweet
by
Frank
Morley
Fletcher
The Storm By B.J.O. Nordfeldt
 Zeus
by
Francesco
Parmigiani
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Thanks to the ability create
mass production printing…
• Books and other printed
materials became more
accessible,
• The general public was
given the opportunity to
be educated more easily,
and
• Handmade printing
became a kind or Art
form.
Two categories of Printing
• Subtractive printing
– You cut, etch, engrave or
carve away part of the
printing area.
– The are left is what transfers
the image during printing.
• Additive printing
– You build up the printing area
by adding material to the
printing plate.
– The ink sticks to the highest
and most textured areas to
transfer the image during
printing.
 Different subtractive carving
techniques create different effects on
value and texture
• Hatching- all one
general direction
• Crosshatching-
overlapping hatching
lines in different
directions
• Stippling- short dots
or small dashes
• Thickness and
thinness of the lines-
changing the thickness
of a line will make it
stand out more
 Cross-
Hatching

Stucco Workers
By Linda Lee Boyd
Hatching

Survivor
By Elizabeth Catlett
Stippling
 You can
use more
than one
technique!
The printing plate that you use
depends on how many prints
you want to make…
• Monoprint- you
draw directly onto the
printing surface to
create one print that
cannot be reproduced
• Edition- you create a
printing surface that can
be printed more than
one time to create a
series of images
You can print using several layers of
color also.
 Look at the following
student examples:

• What images do you see?

• What techniques do you see?
• How did the artist use colors?
• Why is positive and negative
space important?
 Now lets see how this really
works! Be sure to take notes
about the tools, techniques and
safety tips. You will have a test
over this information before
you will be able to begin the
printing process!