Practical Mixed-Media Printmaking

Sarah Riley (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

144 Seiten

2019
Herbert Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78994-008-4 (ISBN)

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An easy-to-use practical guide to mixed-media printmaking that includes
instructions on all of the main printmaking techniques, as well as
examples of inspirational works by the author and other contemporary
printmakers.

An easy-to-use practical guide to mixed-media printmaking including instructions for other printmaking techniques.

Practical Mixed-Media Printmaking is an essential introduction to printmaking using a wide range of low-cost materials. This practical guide includes easy-to-follow instructions, hints and tips on all of the main printmaking techniques, as well as over 90 examples of works by contemporary printmakers and 19 profiles explaining the artists' methods and inspiration.

As mixed-media printmaking allows vast freedom for experimentation, discover how to adapt and refine basic techniques to suit your own projects and gather inspiration regardless of your level.

Sarah Riley is Professor of Art and Head of Printmaking at the Holland School of the Visual and Performing Arts, Southeast Missouri State University, and is a regular guest lecturer at other institutions. Her own work has been widely exhibited and has received numerous honours, grants and awards.

Acknowledgements
Introduction

1. Collagraphs and beyond
Print planning
Photocopy transfers
Drawing before printing
Making a collagraph plate
Preparing a cardboard base plate
Preparing a Perspex base plate
Techniques for building a collagraph plate
Sealing and finishing a plate
Printing a collagraph plate
Making a print registration package
Inking, wiping and printing the plate
Viscosity inking and variations
Further notes on printing
Cleaning the ink slab and tools

2. Monoprinting suggestions
Substrates
Using offset prints as guides
Printing a monoprint
Watercolour monoprints
Trace Monotypes

3. Chine collé, stencils and rainbow rolls
Chine collé
Stencils
Rainbow roll with stencils and chine collé

4. Drypoint
Preparing a Perspex (Plexiglas) plate for drypoint
Preparing copper plates for drypoint
Sharpening tools
Inking, wiping and printing drypoint plates

5. Relief printing
The relief print
Making a relief print
Inking
Printing the relief block
Drying prints

6. Polyester plate lithography
Imaging with a printer or photocopier
Halftone
Imaging a polyester plate autographically
Using toner tusche
Inking and preparation of a polyester litho plate
Using an etching press to print the polyester litho plate
The printing process
Cleaning the plate
Registration

7. Other directions

Glossary
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	21.11.2018
Zusatzinfo	200 colour images
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	216 x 278 mm
Gewicht	620 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik
ISBN-10	1-78994-008-7 / 1789940087
ISBN-13	978-1-78994-008-4 / 9781789940084
Zustand	Neuware