Unit: Printmaking

Question 1

Printmaking

Answer 1

The process of designing and producing prints using a printing block.

Question 2

Print

Answer 2

The actual print the artist makes from a printmaking process.

Question 3

Block

Answer 3

In printing, a piece of thick, flat material, with a design on its surface, used to print repeated impressions of that design.

Question 4

Brayer

Answer 4

A small, hand-held rubber roller used to spread printing ink on a surface before printing.

Question 5

Printing ink

Answer 5

A type of ink that flows smoothly, dries quickly, and is of a consistency able to hold enough color to make printed matter legible.

Question 6

Collograph

Answer 6

A print made from collage materials glued on to a printing block.