Printmaking Vocabulary Quiz

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Across
  1. 5. A process in which an artist repeatedly transfers an original image from one prepare surface to another.
  2. 9. The first known printing technique; woodcut printing originated in __________ around 220 AD.
  3. 11. A type of line which defines the outer edges of an object.
  4. 12. The surface upon which an image is created. It can be made of plexiglass, wood, linoleum, etc.
  5. 13. The space occupied by the primary object.
  6. 15. A small hand held roller used to spread printing ink on a surface before printing.
Down
  1. 1. Another name for a plate in printmaking.
  2. 2. The actual image the artist makes from a printing process.
  3. 3. Thick pigmented material used in printmaking.
  4. 4. An area between, around, above, and below objects.
  5. 6. A print that is created from a plate that has a fixed image on it.
  6. 7. a 1440 German goldsmith invented the moveable metal type printing press.
  7. 8. A one-of-a-kind print that is usually drawn or painted onto a plate.
  8. 10. parallel lines often used to create the illusion of value & texture in a drawing.
  9. 12. A test to check the progress printed images.
  10. 14. A flat 2-D design created when lines are enclosed. Can be geometric or organic.