Materials
The material you use to roll ink onto a surface.
What is a brayer?
Sheets of this thin material can be drawn on to create shallow indents for a print.
What is Styrofoam
When printing, it is important to carve in this direction in relation to yourself.
What is away?
This ancient civilization was the origins of cylinder seals, a device used to stamp designs into clay products.
What is Mesopotamia?
The Great Wave off Kanagawa is a famous woodblock print created by this Japanese Artist.
Who is Hokusai?
A tool that you use to carve into a linoleum block.
What is a cutter?
The 5 steps to relief printing are design, carve, ink, transfer, and this final step.
What is reveal?
Blades must be stored properly after use. Name one of 2 places they can be stored.
What is in their box?
What is in the handle of the cutter?
John Gutenberg invented this important printmaking device in 1440.
What is the printing press?
This artist used block printing techniques to depict themes of slavery, black culture, and women.
Who is Elizabeth Catlett?
A sheet of metal tat forms to the tables edge and is used to roll ink evenly
In relief printing, you do this to a flat surface to create a raised design.
What is carving?
When inserting the blade into the handle you should hold it in this spot to prevent injury.
What is the middle?
This form of printing developed in the 20th century with the use of stencils to apply ink to a surface.
What is screen printing?
This popular English street artist uses stencils to create works under this pseudonym.
Who is Banksy?
This common household object can be used to smooth a print while inking.
What is a wooden spoon?
This type of relief printing was developed in the Han Dynasty
What is woodblock printing?
Lithography began in the 18th century, with its invention by Alois Senefelder in this country.
What is Germany?
This famous Mexican mural artist, who explored culture, social activism, and identity, often incorporated printmaking techniques into his work.
Who is Diego Rivera?
To create a print, you roll this material onto your surface.
What is water soluble ink?
This softer material is easier to cut into than wood, and is often used for relief printing.
What is linoleum (pink blocks)
Pausing, removing your blade, and trying again with a shallower cut are examples of what to do in this situation.
What is when your blade gets stuck?
Artists like Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein used printmaking techniques to mass produce art during this art movement of the 1950s-60s.
What is pop art?
This influential German artist from the 16th century brought great detail into to his subjects using worked in woodcuts, etchings, drypoints, and metal engravings.
Who is Albrecht Dürer?