San Antonio College Library

Clearly explains to the teacher and beginner how to adapt numerous printing techniques for use without a press.

Japanese wood block prints - Planographic process - Relief process - Intaglio process - Linoleum cuts & printing (lino blocks).

"This edition amplifies original material and includes the latest in printmaking techniques--with new sections on the monoprint, chine colle, handcolored and multilevel-viscosity printing. ... Printmaking is an essential work for the serious amateur, the collector, the teacher, and the professional. ... The book covers every phase of printmaking, from the traditional to the most experimental printing methods, with special emphasis on color. Each method...

The most comprehensive up-to-date guide to printmaking on the market today, the revised, expanded, fully illustrated edition of this classic, containing 40 color plates and 600 black-and-white illustrations, covers every aspect of fine printing.

"An exploration of historical and contemporary fine art printmaking, with an emphasis on the roles and processes of the artist, master printer, and publisher"-- Prints and Their Makers takes you behind the scenes to witness the creative process at the world's top printmaking workshops. Master printer Phil Sanders offers an in-depth look at this versatile medium and places contemporary prints and practices in the context of traditions and techniques...

"First published in 1983, this book draws heavily on texts by Sir Frank Short, A.W. Ruffy of the V & A, who drafted a revision of the original manual during the 1950s"--Page <4> "This book aims to explain how artists' prints are made and to give a brief history of the development of the different processes"--Page <4> "The text ... has its origins in a display of printmaking techniques in the V & A, first set up in 1903"--Page <4>