Printmaking Vocabulary Test

What is printmaking?

• A process of transferring an original image to paper

• A process of reproducing artworks

• A process of creating photographic images

• A process of cutting and etching metal surfaces

Any of the techniques in which an image or tonal area is printed from lines or textures scratched or etched into a metal plate (engraving, etching, drypoint, aquatint, lift ground, soft ground).

• screen print

• relief print

• lithograh

• intaglio

A set of identical prints that are numbered and signed.

What is the purpose of creating a printing plate?

• To apply ink to the plate

• To transfer the image to a new surface

• To make a mirror image of the final print

• To create a series of identical prints

A means of incising lines in a metal plate with acid for printing in the intaglio technique.

Which printmaking technique involves cutting away the section of surface not meant to hold ink?

• Relief printing

• Intaglio

• Lithography

• Screen printing

A type of relief print in which the image is cut into a piece of linoleum.

What is the principle behind lithography?

• Grease and water do not mix

• Ink is forced to fill lines on a metal surface

• A stencil is used to press ink through a fabric screen

• Lines are etched into a metal surface

What is a serigraph?

• A print made using the relief printing technique

• A print made using the intaglio technique

• A print made using the lithography technique

• A handmade screen print with multiple colors

Prints made at various stages during the creative process to act as guidelines for further stages to change, correct, or improve the image.