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Practical Mixed-Media Printmaking Sarah Riley

Practical Mixed-Media Printmaking By Sarah Riley

Practical Mixed-Media Printmaking by Sarah Riley


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Summary

An easy-to-use practical guide to mixed-media printmaking that includes instructions on all of the main printmaking techniques, as well as examples of inspirational works by the author and other contemporary printmakers.

Practical Mixed-Media Printmaking Summary

Practical Mixed-Media Printmaking by Sarah Riley

An easy-to-use practical guide to mixed-media printmaking including instructions for other printmaking techniques. Practical Mixed-Media Printmaking is an essential introduction to printmaking using a wide range of low-cost materials. This practical guide includes easy-to-follow instructions, hints and tips on all of the main printmaking techniques, as well as over 90 examples of works by contemporary printmakers and 19 profiles explaining the artists' methods and inspiration. As mixed-media printmaking allows vast freedom for experimentation, discover how to adapt and refine basic techniques to suit your own projects and gather inspiration regardless of your level.

Practical Mixed-Media Printmaking Reviews

Nicely produced and copiously illustrated and there is a nice progress from relatively simple instruction to consideration of the work of a variety of practitioners in the field. * Art Book Review *
A helpful, practical guide for printmakers of all levels. * The Artist *

About Sarah Riley

Sarah Riley is Professor of Art and Head of Printmaking at the Holland School of the Visual and Performing Arts, Southeast Missouri State University, and is a regular guest lecturer at other institutions. Her own work has been widely exhibited and has received numerous honours, grants and awards.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Collagraphs and beyond Print planning Photocopy transfers Drawing before printing Making a collagraph plate Preparing a cardboard base plate Preparing a Perspex base plate Techniques for building a collagraph plate Sealing and finishing a plate Printing a collagraph plate Making a print registration package Inking, wiping and printing the plate Viscosity inking and variations Further notes on printing Cleaning the ink slab and tools 2. Monoprinting suggestions Substrates Using offset prints as guides Printing a monoprint Watercolour monoprints Trace Monotypes 3. Chine colle, stencils and rainbow rolls Chine colle Stencils Rainbow roll with stencils and chine colle 4. Drypoint Preparing a Perspex (Plexiglas) plate for drypoint Preparing copper plates for drypoint Sharpening tools Inking, wiping and printing drypoint plates 5. Relief printing The relief print Making a relief print Inking Printing the relief block Drying prints 6. Polyester plate lithography Imaging with a printer or photocopier Halftone Imaging a polyester plate autographically Using toner tusche Inking and preparation of a polyester litho plate Using an etching press to print the polyester litho plate The printing process Cleaning the plate Registration 7. Other directions Glossary Bibliography Index

Additional information

NGR9781789940084
9781789940084
1789940087
Practical Mixed-Media Printmaking by Sarah Riley
New
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2019-04-18
144
N/A
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