printmaking

noun print·mak·ing \ ˈprint-ˌmā-kiŋ \

Updated on: 9 May 2018

Definition of printmaking

: the design and production of prints by an artist

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printmaker

play \ˈprint-ˌmā-kər\ noun

Recent Examples of printmaking from the Web

The building also will contain an office for Global Lounge, a Boise nonprofit that uses music and other activities to educate people about cultural diversity; and eventually for Wingtip Press, a community printmaking studio.

— dana oland, idahostatesman, "This historic Downtown Boise building will get a new life this summer," 9 Apr. 2018
Katz’s decades-spanning career has produced a diverse oeuvre, which includes large-scale landscapes, printmaking, and fashion design.

— morgan sykes, The Cut, "An Artist’s 60-Year Marriage Inspired This Show," 5 Apr. 2018
Tim Richardson alerted the Red Onion, a nonprofit founded in 2014 by the Acworth Cultural Arts Center to educate and to preserve the craft of fine art printmaking and letterpress publishing.

— david ibata, ajc, "Mystery of the Acworth printing press," 29 Mar. 2018
Bozak won for printmaking, while Perry was in the drawing & illustration category.

— john benson, cleveland.com, "Lakewood High School students receive Scholastic Art & Writing Award Silver Medals," 26 Mar. 2018
Hughes spoke with me over the weekend about her new relationship to the printmaking process, and why an artist would choose to make a magnificent painting and then transfer it, backward, to a piece of paper.

— dodie kazanjian, Vogue, "Shara Hughes, a Whitney Biennial Standout, Moves On to Monoprints," 26 Feb. 2018
There are printmaking, bookbinding, letterpress and papermaking studios, which are operated and maintained by resident artists, volunteers and visiting artists.

— rebecca hazen, Houston Chronicle, "Printing Museum reopens with new mission after hiatus," 21 Feb. 2018
Techniques such as monotype printing, a type of printmaking made by drawing or painting on a smooth, non-absorbent surface and transferring the image to a sheet of paper by pressing the two together.

— sarah bonnette, NOLA.com, "Salad Days are here again, as St. Tammany's young artists showcase their talents," 31 Jan. 2018
In her short career, Ms. Ayón developed a virtuoso style of monumental printmaking and took as her subject myths of the Afro-Cuban fraternal society called Abakuá.

— roberta smith, holland cotter and jason farago, New York Times, "The Best Art of 2017," 6 Dec. 2017

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