Question | Answer |
Asymmetry | Lack of balance or symmetry |
Block | A shape that has a surface cut for use as a stamp |
Bench hook | A short wooden board that provides a stop for working against |
Burnishing | Polishing a surface using a hard smooth surface such as the back of a spoon |
Dry-point | A printmaking technique in which an image is scratched into a plate with a needle |
Incised | Cut through the surface |
Lino | A printing block made of compressed linseed oil |
Lino-cutter | A specialist tool for making incisions into the surface of lino |
Lino-cutting | Making incisions into the surface of lino |
Mark | A visible impression |
Mirror-image | An image that has its parts arranged in reverse |
Motif | A form or shape in a design or pattern |
Negative | The space that is created around a POSITIVE mark/shape |
Polyblock | A printing block made of compressed polystyrene |
Positive | A deliberate mark/shape |
Print | A design or picture pressed from an incised or raised surface |
Printing | The art of producing an image by pressing with an incised or raised surface |
Printing ink | A quick drying ink for use in printing |
Registration | The act of lining things up with each other |
Repeat | Something that is done again |
Roller | A cylinder of hard rubber |
Rubbing | Laying paper over an incised or raised surface and rubbing with a crayon or pencil |
Screen-printing | A printing technique where ink is spread through a woven mesh that holds a stencil in place |
Shape | The 2D/flat nature of an object |
Squeegee | A tool with a flat |
Stencil | A template made by cutting away details to create a physical negative for spreading ink through to create a positive |
Stylisation | The simplifying of detail within an image/design |
Symmetry | The exact reflection of a shape on opposite sides of a dividing line |
Texture | The appearance and feel of a surface |