Printmaking Blog
Printmaking is when you are creating multiple images through an original image. You would use ink and apply it on the plate of the image, then you would print on a piece of paper using relief press. Printmaking has different versions, the intaglio, lithography, serigraphy, and mono-printing. Lithography are made through oil and water while relief printing are made through ink. Printmaking is important because it can show history of culture. It also let others to spread their different designs and arts.
The invention of printmaking was revolutionary because it was developed from textile printing, following the introduction of paper from China. The first woodblock prints on textiles were made by the Egyptians. It’s important because Italian prints started to include mythology and pure ornamentation.
I find the print artistically interesting because it seems like it has a strong meaning behind it. In other words, this piece of print gives me a really strong vibe. Also, the print looks really neat and clean to me. There’s a man holding a long stick with a big fist behind him while he looks back at it. There’s also swords sticking out from the right side of the big fist. I notice that the man is dropping some rock pieces and that the contrast of the black and white parts are evenly proportional. I also notice that the clothes that the man is wearing is black while the outside of the fist is white. I wonder what’s the meaning behind this print. What if the fist and the swords switched places? Would there be a different meaning behind it. I notice that the fist is growing out from the ground and getting bigger.
Citation:
Tparker. “That's Inked Up.” February 2014, 1 Jan. 1970, thatsinkedup.blogspot.com/2014/02/.
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