LINOLEUM RELIEF PRINTING
This is printing from a raised surface. A simple example of relief printing is a rubber stamp pressed into a stamp pad and pressed onto a piece of paper. This type of relief printing plates are made from linoleum. After drawing a picture on the surface, the artist uses tools to cut away the areas that will not print. A roller - called a brayer - is used to spread ink on the plate. A sheet of paper is placed on top of the plate and the image is transferred by rubbing with the hand or a block of wood, or by being run through a printing press. The completed print is a mirror image of the original plate.
MONOCHROME "HOLD" PRINT My first grouping of hand prints was colored in a monochrome gray scale with black for the background, gray from the main hand, dark gray for the shadow, and white for the highlights. I chose this color scheme because I thought it would be the best to show value and give the appearance of form in the hands. I layered the colors: black, gray, dark grey, and white. I chose to layer it big to small area wise because I did not want the hands to be covered up or tainted by the stark black background.
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POP ART "HOLD" PRINT
My second grouping was more focused on color usage and compliments. I used the hue of all primary, secondary, and tertiary colors as the background, and then toned the complementary hue of the background color to make the main hand color. I then tinted that same complementary hue for the highlight and shaded it for the shadow. I wanted to emanate famous print maker and the prince of pop art, Andy Warhol. I’ve always been a fan of high contrast and this project allowed me to do just that. I didn't create multiple prints of each color because I felt it unnecessary due to my previous making of the monotone gray scale prints.
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"LONELY BOOTS" PRINT
"ROCK PAPER SCISSORS" PRINT
"BYE FLY" BLACK NO.1 PRINT |
"BYE FLY" COLORED PRINT |
WOOD BLOCK RELIEF PRINTING
This is again printing from a raised surface. These relief printing plates are made from flat sheets of wood. After drawing a picture on the surface, the artist uses tools to cut away the areas that will not print. A roller - called a brayer - is used to spread ink on the plate. A sheet of paper is placed on top of the plate and the image is transferred by rubbing with the hand or a block of wood, or by being run through a printing press. The completed print is a mirror image of the original plate.
"BIG BROTHER" PRINT
INTAGLIO PRINTING
"DRIPPY" INTAGLIO PRINT
This describes prints that are made by cutting the picture into the surface of the printing plate. Using a sharp V-shaped tool - called a burin - the printmaker gouges the lines of an image into the surface of a smooth polished sheet of metal or in some cases a piece of plexiglass. To make a print, ink is pushed into the lines of the design. The surface is then wiped clean so that the only areas with ink are the lines. A sheet of paper which has been soaked in water is then placed on the plate which is run through a printing press. The paper is literally forced into the small lines that have been cut into the plate.