Matrix
A surface on which a design is prepared before being transferred through pressure to receiving surface such as paper.
edition
the total number of prints made from a given plate or block
relief
Any printing method in which the image to be printed is raised from a background
Woodcut
a print of a type made from a design cut in a block of wood, formerly widely used for illustrations in books.
Inkjet
a printing method that sprays a series of ink dots onto a page, allowing it to reproduce both text and images with fine detail
Monotype
a typesetting machine, now little used, that casts type in metal, one character at a time.
silkscreen/serigraphy
- developed for clothing, mugs, hats, etc.
- fabric, photographic, block out areas that need to stay white, very detailed
screen printing
force ink or metal onto (a surface) through a prepared screen of fine material so as to create a picture or pattern.
Planographic
printing surface is flat
Lithography
The process or method of printing from a metal or stone surface
Photogravure
an image produced from a photographic negative transferred to a metal plate and etched in.
Stopped out
painted with an acid resistant varnish
Aquatint
an intaglio printmaking technique, producing grainy tones rather than lines, that uses acid to penetrate areas of a metal plate that are covered by porous powdered resin.
ground
The part of a pattern that does not command attention; the background.
mezzotint
Light and shade
Drypoint
Technique used in preparing metal plate for printmaking
wood engraving
a print made from a finely detailed design cut into the end grain of a block of wood
Linocut
a design carved in relief into a block of linoleum
engraving
Art form in which an artist etches a design on a metal plate with acid and then uses the plate to make multiple prints