Printing Essentials
This is a medium applied onto a matrix to create a printed image
Ink
This archival paper is made from 100% cotton, made in the USA, and is used for printmaking and other fine arts.
Stonehenge
A relief print taken from a linoleum block.
Linocut
Japanese artist known for his woodblock print series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji including the iconic print The Great Wave off Kanagawa
Hokusai
A series of identical prints.
Edition
A machine that creates images by transferring ink from a matrix onto paper
Printing Press
A cushion between the roller and the paper on a printing press
Felt blanket
A relief printing process where the image is carved on the plank side of the wood.
Woodcut
Artist known for his screen printed images of Campbell soup cans and pop culture.
Andy Warhol
The alignment of layers on a print
The roller tool used to apply ink onto a matrix
brayer
A plastic or rubber blade in a holder, used to force ink through the mesh in screen-printing.
Squeegee
The common name for a serigraph or a type of stencil printing.
Screenprinting
Painter/printmaker based in Hawaii whose art depicts Hawaiian mythology, traditional Hawaiian life and stylized designs from nature.
Dietrich Varez/Varez
The irregular edge of a sheet of paper.
Deckle Edge
A commonly used matrix for relief printing
Linoleum
Clear plastic sheet used for registering plates, blocks and to create monotypes and stencils.
Acetate
A planographic printing process, based upon the antipathy of oil and water on a limestone block matrix.
Lithography
Founder of Honolulu Printmakers and previous owner of that really old press in our classroom
John Kelly
Noise or texture in relief printing such as linocut and woodblock
Chatter
A physical surface that can be manipulated to hold ink
Matrix
Vintage models of this gadget are used as a form of relief printmaking
Typewriter
Relief printing created by Kanaka Hawaii to decorate kapa.
Ohe Kapala
Prolific Kanaka artist and historian. He is regarded as a key figure in the Hawaiian Renaissance of the 1970s.
Herb Kawainui Kāne
A print taken from the matrix as a second print without re-inking
Ghost Print