Printmaking Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. a group of artworks with a similar theme or subject
  2. 4. the representation of three-dimensional space
  3. 6. a type of relief printing that involves using carved woodblocks to print images
  4. 7. to print or otherwise copy from one surface to another by contact
  5. 8. a method of printing from a metal or stone surface on which the printing areas are not raised but made ink-receptive, while the nonimage areas are made ink-repellent
  6. 10. the area surrounding the forms shown in a work of art
  7. 14. simplified to lines, shapes, forms, and colors
  8. 16. copy of an original artwork
  9. 20. to make a space appear two-dimensional
  10. 21. screen printing technique for which silk is used as the screen
  11. 23. to cover part of an image to accentuate a portion of the composition
  12. 24. a printmaking technique in which the artist uses chemicals to produce incised lines in a metal printing plate, which then holds applied ink for printing
  13. 26. inks, paints, and other coloring substances made by grinding natural or synthetic materials into powder
  14. 27. the hand tool used to roll ink onto a surface
  15. 28. printmaking in which the artist carves the negative space and applies ink to the positive space before printing an image
Down
  1. 1. a machine that produces prints
  2. 2. the technique of making prints, or copies, by pressing paper against an inked or painted surface with raised designs
  3. 5. a printing process in which a mesh screen is used to transfer ink onto a material surface, except in areas blocked by the stencil
  4. 9. describes any printmaking technique in which an image is produced by incising into a metal plate; the incised areas hold ink and create the image
  5. 11. a durable, washable material made in sheets by pressing a combination of linseed oil, rosin, cork, and pigments onto a burlap or canvas backing
  6. 12. the relative size of a work of art or of elements within a work of art
  7. 13. any surface covering of a plate or stone that the artist removes to create an image
  8. 15. a series of identical prints made from the same printing surface
  9. 17. a print made from a design cut into a block of linoleum
  10. 18. to make less complex
  11. 19. carved or cut into the surface
  12. 22. the areas in an artwork that occupy physical space
  13. 25. to create by cutting into a surface