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Printmaking Terms
Art
Question | Answer |
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Printmaking | The process of making one or more prints |
Brayer | a rubber roller used to apply ink over a surface |
Plate | a piece of flat material, such as wood or metal, with a design on the surface |
Ink | a binder is sticky and thicker than most paints |
Collagraph | a print made from an image built with glue bits of paper, pictures, fabric, or other materials to a flat surface |
Printing Press | A piece of equipment that provides slow, constant pressure to a plate to help in the transfer of the image to the printed surface. |
Inking Well | Surface where ink is rolled out before applying it to the printing plate. |
Collagraph | a print made from an image built with glue bits of paper, pictures, fabric, or other materials to a flat surface |
Pulling a Print | The process of applying ink to the plate and pressing it onto paper off the inked plate. |
Ink | A trail print pulled to test the technical qualities of an image |
Edition | Set of Identical prints, numbered and signed by the artist (ex: Name and 1/5, 2/5, 3/5) |