Printmaking

Question 1

Printmaking

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Print

Answer 2

The actual picture the artist makes from a printmaking process.

Question 3

Collograph

Answer 3

A print made from a collage of materials glued on to a printing block.

Question 4

Block

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Breyer

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 color to make printed matter legible.

Question 7

Lino Cutter

Answer 7

A tool for clearing non-image areas from a block of linoleum.

Question 8

Linoleum Print

Answer 8

A type of relief print in which the image is cut into a piece of linoleum.