Printmaking Terms

3. Smooth surface to roll out ink before applying to print block or plate.
6. a mark or character used to represent something else
9. The process of designing and producing prints using a printing block, woodcut, etching, lithographic, or screen printing.
12. Hook A metal or wooden plate with a raised edge on each end to hold a woodcut or linocut in place while cutting
13. A small rubber roller used to apply ink to the print plate.
15. A set of identical prints, that are numbered and signed.
16. A printing process by which areas are blocked out to keep ink from non-image areas

1. A piece of thick, flat material, with a design on its surface, used to print repeated impressions of that design
2. A type of relief print in which the image is cut into a piece of linoleum.
4. The actual picture the artist makes from a printmaking process.
5. A print made from an image built up with glue and sometimes other collage materials.
7. A print pulled in an edition of one.
8. The number of a print in an edition. The first three prints in an edition 10 would be 1/10, 2/10, 3/10 etc.
10. A tool used for cutting and clearing non-image areas from a block of wood or linoleum
11. applying various materials or colors on top of one another
13. A round, smooth pad used to press paper against an inked wood or linoleum block.
14. the regular repetition of an element