printmaker

Etching plate worker

A printmaker is an artist who creates prints—images produced by transferring ink from a prepared surface to paper or another material.

The craft encompasses techniques like etching, lithography, woodcuts, and screen printing.

Unlike painters who produce unique works, printmakers typically create multiple copies from a single matrix: She trained as a printmaker in Japan, studying traditional woodblock methods.

materials

plate

Flat dish for food

  • matrixOrdered numerical arrangement
  • inkWriting fluid
  • paperPressed pulp for writing

copperplate · zinc · linoleum · woodblock · stone · screen · mesh · ground · mordant · etchant

techniques

etching

Acid-incised metal print

linocut · aquatint · drypoint · mezzotint · engraving · monotype · intaglio · relief · serigraphy · chiaroscuro

process

edition

Single published version

registration · biting · inking · burnishing · wiping · state · artist's proof · cancellation · numbering · signing

tools

burin

Pointed engraving implement

press · roller · squeegee · burnisher · scraper · stylus · needle · rocker · dabber · palette knife

community

atelier

Creative professional's workspace

publisher · guild

Categories
Opposites
artistic medium/technique

printmakerpainter

One who applies pigment

oil painter · muralist · watercolorist · sculptor · ceramicist

Family

printmaking, printmakers

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G