Printmaking Vocabulary

2. a test print used to check details and quality of the lines on the plate
7. a piece of flat material with a design on the surface, which is a mirror image of the composition that will appear as a print
10. printing technique in which the image is drawn on a stone or metal place using oil based ink
12. the process of transferring an inked design from one surface to another

1. the total number of impressions/prints made from one plate
3. printing technique in which the printing surface is cut away and the image appears raised on the surface
4. printing technique in which the image is produced by incising into the printing plate; design is sunk into the surface
5. each print made and signed by the artist
6. printing technique that can only create a single print
8. a cylinder with a handle, used to apply ink evenly onto the printing plate
9. artists who make prints
11. an artwork made by covering a textured object or a carved design with ink and then pressing it onto paper or pressing paper onto it