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printmaking

printmaking

3 5.9
The art of making pictures on paper by pressing ink from carved wood or metal plates
  • noun
  • /ˈprɪntˌmeɪkɪŋ/
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  • The printmaking process involves creating images on paper using various methods.
  • printmaking and photography
  • printmaking and painting
  • digital printmaking

But there's a bunch of others that are like that printmaking it when it used to be that lithography was used by professionals.

Examples

  • She learned about printmaking techniques like etching and lithography in her art class.

  • A series of cases explained artistic techniques such as watercolor, wood and ivory carving, cloisonné, and Japanese printmaking and lacquer.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Are you looking for a fresh approach to build up your printmaking skills?

    Academic text (2009)

  • Since then, printmaking has spread to communities across the Arctic.

    Academic text (2002)

  • I feel very lucky to be able to spend time painting, drawing, and printmaking.

    Blog text (2)

  • Peter came to the world of glass in 1988 with a background in painting and printmaking.

    Blog text (15)

  • Print study groups are a good way to improve your photography and printmaking skills by getting the opinions of other photographers and printmakers.

    Academic text (2009)

  • The purpose of the Print Workshops is to improve the members' printmaking skills in black and white and in color. The idea is to provide "master negatives" to all members of a group, and each member then prints from the same negative.

    Academic text (2010)

  • Piet for the AIDS Generation was produced in collaboration with Jan Jordan and students from the Printmaking Department of the Durban Institute of Technology.

    Academic text (2007)

  • In the past, we've done printmaking and acting (which I ended up dropping out of because I'm so shy).

    Blog text (23)

Synonyms

printing
vsprintmaking
31 1.0

The process of putting ink on paper to make pages for books or newspapers

focuses on creating artistic images using techniques like woodcut or etching
printing process
vsprintmaking
1 3.0

A way of making copies of text or pictures by putting ink on paper

focuses on artistic image creation with manual techniques rather than mass reproduction
presswork
vsprintmaking
  • Specialized
4.9

Printing text or pictures on paper with a large machine

is carried out as an artistic manual process using specialized techniques

How Complex

intaglio
  • Specialized
1 9.9
lithography
  • Specialized
1 8.4
printmaking
3 5.9
silkscreening
  • Specialized
5.1
relief printing
  • Specialized
6.8

Surface Forms

printmaking singular
printmakings plural

Morphology

printmaking = print + making (transparent) = print + making

Clear compound of 'print' + 'making' meaning the process or art of creating prints, which learners can derive from the base words.

Etymology

Printmaking starts with print, an old word meaning 'to press', and adds making, meaning 'making'. So printmaking is 'making by pressing', for example pressing ink onto paper to make pictures, which explains why it means the art of creating images by printing.