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!
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