What is a print?

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What is a print?
Printmaking

• A work of art made up of ink on paper and
  existing in multiple examples
• A design is created on one surface and then
  transferred to another
• Impressions can be made multiple times

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What is a MONOPRINT?

• A monoprint / montype is a one-of-a-kind, unique
  work of art
• No two prints are ever alike however they can be
  similar
• printed paintings often called "the painterly
  print" because of the freedom of means inherent
  in the technique

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Printmaking tools

• Plate General term referring to the surface
  being printed. (As block)

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Printmaking tools

• Inking plate A piece of glass or other
  nonporous material used for mixing and spreading
  ink.

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Printmaking tools

• Brayer A roller made of rubber used in inking a
  block.

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Printmaking tools

• Baren A convex printing tool used for
  burnishing paper on the block.

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Printmaking tools

• Ink Coloring matter composed of pigment,
  binder, and vehicle. Oil or water based.

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Printmaking tools

• Printing Press a mechanism used in applying
  pressure to transfer the ink from the printing
  plate onto a paper surface

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Printmaking processes

• Burnishing Rubbing the back of the printing
  paper on an inked block to produce a print.
• Pull To print an image.
• Rolling up The application of ink with a brayer
  on to a block.

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Examples of Monoprints