Modern Printmaking

Table Of Contents

Foreword by Ira Goldberg  vi

Acknowledgments  viii

Introduction  1

Some Basic Terms and Definitions  2

About This Book  7

Part I: Relief Printmaking
1  |  Relief Printmaking Background and Basics  11
A Brief History  11
Western- versus Japanese-Style
Relief Printing  18

2  |  Woodblock Printing  29
Equipment and Materials for
Woodcuts  29
Reduction-Method Woodblock
Printing  31
Western-Style Multiblock Woodcuts  43
Japanese-Style Multiblock Woodcuts
(Ukiyo-e)  44

3  |  Linoleum Block Printing  49
Equipment and Materials for Linocuts  49
Single-Color (Black and White)
Linocuts  50
Color Reduction Linocuts  53
Part II: Intaglio Printmaking

4  |  Intaglio Printmaking Background
and Basics  61
A Brief History  65
Equipment and Materials  72
Preparing the Plate  77

5  |  Non-Acid Intaglio Techniques  81
Drypoint  82
Engraving  83
Mezzotint  87

6  |  Acid Intaglio Techniques  97
Hard Ground Etching  97
Soft Ground Etching  103
Aquatint  109
Acid-Resist Open Bite Etching  125
Embossing  129
Sugar Lift  132

7  |  Collography  137

8  |  Photo-Etching and Photogravure  143
Polymer Photo-Etching  143
Toner Transfer Photo-Etching  151
Polymer Photogravure  155

9  |  Printing Intaglio  159
Printing in Monochrome  159
Printing in Multiple Colors à la Poupée  162
Printing in Multiple Colors—Color
Separation Method  163
Roll-up Viscosity Printing  163
Part III: Lithography
And Serigraphy

10  |  Lithography  169
A Brief History  171
Equipment and Materials  177
Stone Lithography  181
Hand-Drawn Lithography on
Aluminum  200
Photolithography  206
Pronto Polyester Lithography  214
Paper Lithography  221

11  |  Serigraphy  225
A Brief History  226
Equipment and Materials  228

Basic Screen Printing Techniques  230

Part IV: Chine-Collé, Mixed Media, and New Printmaking Techniques

12  |  Chine-Collé  239

13  |  Mixed Media  251

Richard Pitts  252

Jase Clark  256

Slavko Djuric  260

Shelley Thorstensen  264

Janet Millstein  268

Marcin Wlodarczyk  272

14  |  Digital Transfers  276

15  |  Post-Digital Graphics  285

Resources  296
For Further Reading  299
About the Author  301
Index  302