Printmaking: history and process

Abstract

Text and more than 700 illustrations explain the procedures and techniques of five kinds of printmaking: lithography, relief printing, intaglio, seriography, and combined methods.

Contents

Preface -- Introduction -- pt. 1. Relief -- ch. 1. History of relief -- ch. 2. Relief techniques -- Basic woodcut techniques -- The classic Japanese woodcut technique (Ukiyo-e) -- Wood engraving -- Other approaches to the relief print -- pt. 2. Intaglio -- ch. 3. History of intaglio -- ch. 4. Intaglio techniques -- Intaglio print characteristics -- Photographic techniques and collagraph processes -- pt. 3. Lithography -- ch. 5. History of lithography -- Lithography techniques -- Materials and basic chemistry -- Preparing the stone or metal plate -- Inks and papers -- Printing -- Special lithographic techniques -- Photolithography. pt. 4. Serigraphy -- ch. 7. History of serigraphy -- ch. 8. Serigraphy techniques -- Materials and equipment -- Stencil making techniques -- Photographic techniques -- Printing -- pt. 5. Trends : processes/surfaces -- ch. 9. Expanded and applied techniques -- ch. 10. Papers, papermaking, curating of prints -- Papers and papermaking -- The curating of prints -- Appendix A : The chemistry of etching -- Appendix B : Steel facing -- Appendix C : Presses -- List of suppliers -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index -- Photographic sources.