Printmaking; a Complete Guide to Materials and Process covers fundamental techniques updating traditional approaches to incorporate new materials and current practices in the contemporary print studio, with special attention to safety. In addition to technical information, this book explores the processes and functions of print media that inform the very strategy of art-making. It considers the “how” and the “why” of printmaking as an artistic practice. Works illustrated in this book offer innovative examples from across the globe that position print at the cutting edge of contemporary art. 

Table of Contents:
  Preface                        Introduction       The Generative Matrix The Delay         Layers  The Multiple Function            Originality, Authorship, Authority            Print Classification           1 Practical Matters        Setting Up Shop            Solvents            Inks and Additives Paper   Registration       Proofing and Editioning  Safety in the Print Shop   2 Digital Processes        History Digital Purposes            Inkjet Basics     Photo-printmaking Basics           Artist profile—Randy Bolton        3 Screen Printing           Tools and Materials       Planning the Image        Basic Stencils    Artist profile—David Sandlin Printing   4 Relief Tools and Materials       Matrix-making Process  Printing the Relief          Artist Profile—Karen Kunc       Color Relief Printing      Beyond the Press            5 Intaglio           The Etching Process      Tools and Materials       Preparing the Plate        Non-acid Platemaking Techniques          Acid-based Platemaking Techniques       Photo Intaglio    Photopolymer Flexographic Plates          Intaglio Printing Artist Profile—Jo Ganter           Image Transfer for Multi-plate Prints      Color Intaglio Printing      6 Collagraph      Collagraph Materials      Approaches to Collagraph          Artist profile—Wael A. Sabour  Printing the Collagraph Plate        7 Lithography    The Process in Brief      Traditional Stone and Plate Lithography Creating an Image         Photolithography            Printing the Lithograph   Artist profile—Ingrid Ledent      Color Lithography          Innovations in Planographic Printing          8 Monoprint      Tools and Materials       Image-making Strategies            Printing the Monoprint   Master printer profile—Tom Blaess        Watercolor Monoprint      9 Mixed Media  Combining Processes     Print Strategies  Artist profile—Phyllis McGibbon            Crossing Other Boundaries          Troubleshooting Glossary Suppliers Index Credits & Acknowledgments