Printmaking Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 5. a copy of a work of art typically printed from a ink printer digitally.
  2. 8. a process consisting of cutting a printing surface in such a way that all that remains of the original surface is the design to be printed. Examples include woodcut and linocut.
  3. 10. When more than one adjacent colour is rolled out onto a plate and mixed in a gradient as the ink is rolled out.
  4. 11. a monotype is a print that is one of a kind. Unlike monoprints, monotypes are not made using a matrix such as a cut block or plate.
  5. 14. the technique of rubbing the back of a print to transfer ink from the matrix to the surface of the print
  6. 15. a printmaking technique where materials are added to the matrix so that the raised areas print
Down
  1. 1. a type of relief printmaking using linoleum as a matrix
  2. 2. a printmaking technique where materials are removed by carving or gouging so that the area that is carved away does not print
  3. 3. a small roller for inking type by hand, usually for making a proof.
  4. 4. A test print taken before the final edition is produced to assess the image's development.
  5. 6. an original work of art that came into contact with a matrix such as a stone, block, plate, screen etc. that was created by the artist. It must have been printed manually by the artist or under the artist’s direct supervision and was approved by the artist for quality and excellence
  6. 7. a thin sheet of cardboard, plastic, or metal with a pattern or letters cut out of it, used to produce the cut design on the surface below by the application of ink or paint through the holes.
  7. 9. an additive form of printmaking where materials are collaged onto a matrix and then inked and printed
  8. 11. the working surface that transfers the image; i.e. block, stone, plate, screen
  9. 12. the transferred image from a matrix (on right).
  10. 13. a type of relief printmaking using a wooden matrix