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Printmaking
Printmaking is a form a visual art that involves creating prints of an image by forming the image on a surface or matrix. There are many different variations of printmaking such as relief printing, Intaglio, mono-printing, lithography, etc. The invention of printmaking supposedly originates from China, although the roots of printmaking remain up in the air. The invention of printmaking was revolutionary at the time because it allowed for multiple prints of the same image to be produced from just one matrix of a material such as wood or metal. Additionally, with the invention of printmaking came the first printed books.
The print I chose is “ESSEBI” by loose-ends (Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/8799416@N05/2480207499). This print is the profile of (seemingly) a woman with rather long hair flowing behind her. She doesn’t seem to be wearing clothes. Her eyes are open, staring straight ahead. The background of the print is yellow, along with the outline of the woman. This print has plenty of contrast considering the only two colors used are black and a bright shade of yellow. Most of the space in the print is taken up by the hair, which is the focal point of the print. I notice that the artist uses both thick and thin lines to draw the hair. Personally, since the person in the print seems to be a woman, this print screams empowerment. I think her hair flowing behind her portrays her as heroic and/or almost god-like. Additionally, she is the only object in the photo which I interpret to be a symbol of independence. I wonder whether or not that was the artist’s intention. I like the photo a lot because of this. I also think the yellow and black contrast is lovely. The swirls and waves of the hair are very pleasing.
Art Blog and Artist Statement
Printmaking is a medium of art that is made by carving pictures or designs on plates or blocks and stamping them into a surface. The ink allows artists to have very strong colors and high contrasts in the print. While engraving is one of the oldest art forms, relief printing techniques were first used by the Egyptians to print on fabric. However, printmaking first appeared in Europe in the 15th century. Johannes Gutenberg started to work on his printing press in 1436, but Master E.S. was one of the first to use initials as a signature on his plates. The subject of the prints also varied in different parts of the world. In Germany and the Netherlands the art was almost completely dominated by religious subject matter and Italian printmaking covered a more broad range. The Invention of printmaking was revolutionary for several reasons. For starters, no one had thought of using these techniques as a regular art form before. It also lasted longer that oil paintings and other mediums of art because the block was often made of wood or stone. It was also a new way for artists to show color and tone in their work. The print I chose is The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai. The print shows an ocean with large, restless waves. Amidst the blue and white waves you can see two tattered and beaten down canoes with rows of men in them taking shelter from the waves. In the background you can see a large, snow capped mountain. The piece has a lot of cool tones in the sky and the water and shows texture by creating wakes in the waves. The artist shows space by having a foreground in the ocean and a background with the mountain. I notice that the men in the bout are hunched down and have matching uniforms. I wonder if they were a part of some kind of crew or army. I also notice that the sky is grey and that the wakes are big and violent. I wonder if that means it is a big storm that these soldiers got trapped in.
A. Negative space is is the empty space around the subject of an image.
B. I found the negative space in my cut out by tracing the lines of the tree and cutting out the darker parts.
C. Seeing in negative space helps an artist because they can make their subject more defined, interesting, and detailed.
D. I think seeing in negative space enhances some drawings because if you want to depict a sharp image with high contrast, it can help get your message across to the viewer.
Art Blog and Artist Statement Maya Kohl
Printmaking originated in China, when they would paint on paper a symbol or text to create a message. They did it to express a belief in the religion. Later became popular in relief printmaking in Europe. In Europe they became very advance with paper mills and printing other religions symbols. It was a discovery around the 15th century. The whole process of printmaking was from the East. The first original printing stamp invention was cut steel and brands, they used this to mark animals or prosteners. Later in the 15th century books were created on woodblocks, in Germany. In Japan in the 18th century, it became know from china, so the Japanese created colors in printmaking. The imagery and colors are still today used in the trending fashions and books. Years later it became very successful because it developed into an equally aesthetic and commercial process printmaking became widespread with advanced ink in 1960. It was very popular around the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War, because they printed out banners and poster to express peace.
Relief printing is when there is ink applied to a woodcut or metal carved plate. So when the surface face is placed on paper the area cut into the plate will show up. Other printmaking could simply be drawing, or using paint to fill in the empty places cut out. Or there is intaglio, which is when an object is engraved with design prints. There are prints like lithography where the ink is placed on a surface where it’s needed and placed carefully onto one specific area and rolled over or pushed into the paper, and when peeling it off leave the ink where it was placed. Another type of printing would be serigraphy which is when ink is forced through a silk screening to create a design. One more example of printmaking is monoprinting that's when there are specific lines that can only be drawn one and printed down carefully. But unlike most printmaking this one has many techniques to how this could be done.
This flower shows a serigraphy type print. Its layered colors to blend together to make a whole print. I find this serigraphy printed print artistically interesting because of how many layers it took to complete something so realistic. I think it shows a impressive job at matching opposite colors to make the main focus really pop. I see texture in the petals within the mixture of coloring and middle core of the flower. There isn't similarly in the flowers petals but in the shape I see it so it fills out the whole canvas which is pleasing to the eye. I noticed each line drawn is not distinct they bleed into other colors to make it more realistic and I wonder how they did that because it was a print so they must of layered the ink patterns very carefully.
Printmaking
Printmaking is an ancient art form. Originated in China around 105 CE, the original method of printing was woodcuts, an example of relief printing. Relief printing is when you carve into a surface to create your image. The places where you carve will not be filled with ink, so they will create the negative space of your image. When you put ink on the surface and press it down to paper, you are able to see your image.
Printmaking spread all over the world, being used to create beautiful textiles in the middle ages. It continued to develop in Europe as artists such as Albrecht Düre continued to perfect the craft. It later spread to Japan, with artists creating unique woodcuts in the 14th and 15th centuries that inspired several famous impressionists. Printmaking is still widely used today, both as a fine art and commercially.
There are many forms of printmaking besides Relief. Intaglio printing is basically the opposite of relief printing. You create divots in a surface and fill those with ink, then press a piece of paper into them, so while the divots are negative space on relief, the divots are positive space in intaglio. Serigraph printing uses a stencil and a screen. The ink is pushed through the screen, covering everything except the part of the paper under the stencil. During Lithograph printing, the stone used with lithograph is drawn on with crayon. The stone is in turn washed with oil and water, and ink is placed upon it. The ink is attracted to the oliy crayon and washes off from the parts covered with water. The stone itself is never carved into. Intaglio, Relief, Serigraph, and Lithograph printing are just some of the many printing methods.
Printmaking is remarkable because, as an art form, it has stood the test of time. It is just as useful as it was in Ancient China, and has changed a lot since then. The most revolutionary thing about printmaking is that it gave people the ability to make almost perfect copies of something quickly and easily. That just wasn’t possible before. In China, it was used to copy scriptures for scholars, making it infinitely easier to study. In the middle ages, it made making textiles much faster and much easier. Printing is all about making art that you can copy, and that’s important. With printing, you can easily commercialize beautiful art and make it accessible to all kinds of people. Furthermore, without printing we wouldn’t have modern day books, newspapers, magazines, or any other forms of literature. It’s how it has helped us progress as a society.
The image below is an Untitled Woodblock Print by Harry Bliss, Date Unknown.
http://www.flynncenter.org/performances-events/amy-e-tarrant-gallery/2012-3030-anniversary-print-project-detail.html
Description:
This woodcut print depicts Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders from shoulders up. He is in the bottom right corner and is staring out into the distance. In the background on the upper left corner is a house, surrounded by a field.
Analyzation:
The print exhibits the use of contrast by having Sanders appear lighter than the rest of the painting, highlighting him as the subject. The print also uses leading lines, the lines of grass in the field leading to a dark space behind Sanders. It also uses rule of thirds. Vertically, two thirds of the print are occupied by Sanders and the last third is occupied by the background, drawing the eye to both him and the house. Lastly, the print exhibits a frame within a frame, because you can see the outline of the print within the surface it was printed on.
Interpretation:
Since the print is very rough hewn and jagged around the edges, I believe that the artist was trying to convey Sander’s grassroots, pull yourself up by the bootstraps attitude. He believes that we as people have to do the hard work ourselves in order to start a revolution. This is also reflected in the supposed farmland background.
Judgement:
This print is aesthetically pleasing to me for a number of reasons. First and foremost, I can get behind the subject matter, but that’s not important. I can appreciate the use of lights and darks, as it puts the focus on Sanders as the subject and basically lets everything else just be background. Similarly, the rule of thirds divides up the image evenly between main subject and background. I also think the hard, coarse lines really give it a handmade feel.
Printmaking
MP1 Art blog and Art Statements
Printmaking is important because it allows artist to create artwork in a unique and distinct way. It creates a one of a kind masterpiece with very little materials. Infact, that is what sets Printmaking apart from a lot of other artforms. You do not need much to create it. Printmaking has been around for centuries because it did not need all of the new technology we have today to make a museum worthy piece. You can even use different sets of material to create it. So no matter if you live in a place with lots of wood, or lots of stone, you can create a printmaking masterpiece with those few materials.
Printmaking was invented some time in between 500 BC - 100 AD. The Ancient Egyptians were the first to use printmaking. They would use wood instead of paper to print the artwork. But around the same time the Chinese were doing the exact same thing, but they used stone instead. Not to far behind, the Indians would cut from plank and printed pictures, as well as text until 1300. During the 15th century word finally reached Europe and they also began printmaking. Inspired by the glass windows in churches. As I stated before printmaking survived even until today. We know this because graffiti and stencil are a forms of printmaking.
Printmaking was so revolutionary because of the fact that we can find it being used by humans all over the globe. I explained this in the last paragraph that India, China, and Ancient Egypt were all starting to use printmaking around the same time. They all use different materials, but they all get the same amazing result. This is still eminent today because artist all over the word still use the technique. And the fact that it survived that long is impressive on it’s own. Even people who just draw for fun can create amazing printmaking masterpieces. In addition printmaking has helped create many other forms of art work.To predict the image above I want to start by looking at the little details in the drawing. The ink brings out every little detail that the maker had intended it to have in the original drawing. We can see all of the people engraved into the hills and the agricultural aspect that we see everywhere we look. But what I think makes this drawing really interesting is the fact that the creator decided to add cows. In my opinion it makes it look very cool along with the singular house. The contrast between the light parts really are what make everything else pop out. Which is the point of printmaking. The texture that they made, especially on the trees, made the artwork even more amazing that it already was. The creator did not leave a lot of open space, which leaves a lot more room for more detail. I interpreted this as a country side place where agriculture is a big component in everyday life. And the animals I noticed show that the farm is not just about crops, but also harvest animals. All in all I really liked this drawing. The special details that the author used really put the final touch on an already amazing piece. But I am still wondering exactly where this drawing is supposed to be, I’m not sure where exactly Sulu Land is.
what is printmaking? what is its importance?
Printmaking is the process of making artwork by printing (usually on paper). It mostly covers the process of creating prints that have some originality to them, rather than a photograph being reproduced into a painting. Printmaking is important because there are various types of art forms involved in printmaking. Such as graffiti, engraving, and woodcut. Printmaking is used by many today and still is a common interest. Artists also use this process, and this process is used as a way to express an art piece, as well as many other things. Printmaking is known as revolutionary because it has become more relevant in our country today, in terms of being able to make copies of things, make things more exact, and accessible. It is a more advanced form of art, it’s used worldwide. Although not everyone uses it, a majority of people, at least in the US know what printmaking is. Not only is Printmaking used in many different states in the US, the way it is used and seen is what makes printmaking so unique.
This piece is called “An Neel”, produced the famous artist, Pablo Picasso. This type of printmaking is known as Etching. I find this printmaking particularly appealing because of how reflective the piece itself is. There are many different lines, the lines are in different shapes, going every which way. This is the type of artwork that I love because it could have multiple meanings. This piece could also be interpreted as various things. The picture could represent a bunch of squiggly lines, pathways, roads, or a birds-eye view of a city/town/village.
This print really makes you think, and a lot of prints out there don’t really make you think or leave the creation up to your imagination. For example, a picture of a house, you don’t think about whether it’s a house or not because it’s clearly shown that what is drawn, is a house. That’s one of the main reasons of why Pablo Picasso’s artwork is so original, distinctive, and reflective.
Source: https://www.artsy.net/artwork/ibrahim-el-salahi-an-neel
Artist: Pablo Picasso
Print Making -- Zivia
Printing making is an ancient process of transferring an image from a base using ink or paint. This is used to create multiple images that are, for most part, identical. There are many different styles and techniques for printmaking, and many different material used depending on your chosen process. Some of the most common are: woodcuts, where an image is carved into wood and then transferred to paper or fabric; linocuts, which use linoleum instead of wood; etching, where the artist carves into waxed coat metal and then dips the plate in acid, and Lithography, where the drawing goes on a flat surface with an oil based paint and then coated with a water based liquid.
These many processes have been extremely important in the spread of literacy, art and religion, as well as connectivity. Prints and printing presses enabled the early mass production of books, which made them less expensive and more accessible to the lower class. With more books and writings out, more people were able to learn to read. These was also used to showcase art, which also spread culture and ideas. Prints also enabled the first magazines to be created, which aided in the spread of news and current events. People could learn about what was happening across their state, country, and even continents more rapidly than they could be spoken mouth. These two things were also used as apparatuses for the spread of religion, as religious ideas could be conveyed in a simplified format aided by pictures to a wider audience.
The above image is a woodcut print titled "Prowling Cat" by Eileen Mayo. (source) This pictures a short hair, solid colored cat "prowling" around in deep grass. It also seems to be passing a leafy plant. As for specifics, the cat has no visible pupils and has its right front paw raised, mid step. However, I notice that most of the movement of this piece is not in the step. Starting from the nose-- as the eye is drawn to the most intense empty space of the print-- the viewer is almost pulled up through the face and into the bend of the grass, guided back down into the back-- as all the grass seems to point in that direction-- and then ushered down the tail. It is rather incredible how Mayo is able to guide the eye around the piece with organic shapes, which does not push us to travel too fast. The tiny flecks of white around the cat's fur to show difference almost require time to for us to see the muscle and build of the feline. this print is extremely well done, as it suggests so much movement, not only in the cat, but in our own eyes. The simplicity of the cat and it's empty eyes also leave the viewer space to interpret what the cat is actually doing. We may wonder, what are its motives? Is it hunting? Or just enjoying a warm day?
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