Print Making

Question 1

Printmaking

Answer 1

The process of designing and producing prints using a printing block.

Question 2

Print

Answer 2

The actual picture the artist makes from a printmaking processes.

Question 3

Colograph

Answer 3

A print made from a college of materials glued onto a printing block.

Question 4

Block

Answer 4

In printing, a piece of thick, flat material, with design on its surface, used to print repeated impressions of that design.

Question 5

Brayer

Answer 5

A small, hand-held rubber roller used to spread printing ink evenly on a surface before printing.

Question 6

Printing ink

Answer 6

A type of ink that flows smoothly, dries quickly, and is of a consistency able to hold enough Colorado make printed matter legible.