Saturday, May 02, 2020

Printmaking Review & GIVEAWAY

Get started in handcraft printing with Printmaking: How to Print Anything on Everything by Christine Medley. No experience or expensive equipment is required for the projects in this book. Learn about the tools, materials and techniques of printmaking and create your own with 12 projects as listed below in the table of contents. Chapter 1 introduces four types of printing - relief, intaglio, screen and lithography. It includes sections on plate types, cutting tools, printing, ink, paper, cleanup, editions and resources. In Chapter 2 learn how to make different printmaking tools from household objects and low-cost materials such as toilet paper rolls, erasers, gelatin, leaves and plants. It also looks at - workspace, inspiration, design & production and color. In Chapter 3 print with found and natural objects like feathers, potatoes, fruit, corks, cookie cutters, chopsticks and more. Four beginner printing projects are included. Chapter 4 explores printing with custom stamps and plates. Four projects, with easy-to-advanced options, build on skills learned in previous chapters. Chapter 5 is about screen printing and photographic techniques. It has four more-advanced projects. Try different techniques and discover the rewards of printmaking! Dover Publications released the 144 page paperback on April 15 2020. Get your copy below!


CONTENTS

Foreword

CHAPTER 1
Introduction to Tools, Materials and Equipment

CHAPTER 2
Your Creative Toolbox

CHAPTER 3
Printing with Found and Natural Objects

Projects
 1. Make Paper Ornaments
2. Print Flour Sack Towels with Produce
3. Create a Set of Note Cards and a Belly Band
4. Monoprinting with Gel Plates

CHAPTER 4
Printing with Custom Stamps and Plates

5. Stamp a Custom Gift Wrap Collection
6. Design and Print Seed Packets
7. Make Tea Light Luminaries
8. Create Multicolor Fine Art Prints Using Traditional and Alternative Blocks


CHAPTER 5
Screen Printing and Photographic Techniques

9. Screen Print on Wood Using Cut and Painted Stencils
10. Print a Coffee Mug and Coaster Set
11. Screen Print on Textiles and Combined Techniques
12. Solarplate Relief Prints

About the Author



Printmaking is available worldwide at Dover Publications. Dover, Great Books, Variety & Value Since 1941. Check out their catalog at Dover Publications. Dover has generously offered to giveaway a copy! One winner will be selected at random. Open until May 17, 2020. Canada & USA only. Good luck!

21 comments:

  1. All are awesome but going with the Behind a Mask: A Short Story Collection, thanks!

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  2. Another item I would like is The Colored Pencil...
    Veronica Winters

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  3. Creative Haven Celtic Mandalas Coloring Book, but there is so many good ones

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  4. Hard to choose but the first to catch my eye is Remarkable Women Wood Searches. I would give it to my husband, lol!

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  5. I would also love The Colored Pencil Manual: Step-by-Step Instructions and Techniques by Veronica Winters

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  6. A friend loves to work sudoku puzzles. Because she can't go out during the pandemic she is running out. Savage Sudoku would be great for her plus give her more challenge.

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  7. I'd love to read By Time Is Everything Revealed: Irish Proverbs for Mindful Living!

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  8. The Art and Craft of Handmade Books looks like a fun craft to try. I'd like that.

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  9. Fantastic Press-Out Flying Birds.

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  10. The Art of Stone Painting: 30 Designs to Spark Your Creativity

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  11. I like the Sports Word Search Puzzles especially for my son to keep him occupied and not playing video games all the time.

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  12. I like How To Color Like An Artist .

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  13. Another item that looks interesting is The Art of Stone Painting: 30 Designs to Spark Your Creativity

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  14. "Treasury of Audubon Birds" looks awesome.

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  15. I think Modern Calligraphy looks like an interesting book.

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  16. I would like the Treasury of Audubon Birds: 130 Plates from The Birds of America
    by John James Audubon, Alan Weissman

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  17. The Art of Stone Painting looks like it has some easy designs. While at a group event in my apartment building, I did 2 river stone paintings which are on my kitchen counter. It was a fun activity and super easy.

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  18. I would to receive the following book: "The Art of Stone Painting: 30 Designs to Spark Your Creativity" By: F. Sehnaz Bac. This looks very fun!

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  19. I would to receive the Creative Haven Main Street Coloring Book
    By: Teresa Goodridge

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  20. I think Wreaths for Every Season would be cool for more fun projects!

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