Authored by fellow teacher Tricia Barry for use in a collaborative Art I printmaking assignment.

2. Printmaking
Printmaking
• The art of stamping
• Purpose = making multiples of the same
image

3. Printmaking
1. Purpose 1. Make multiple
copies of an original

4. Types of Printing Processes:
Silkscreen
Lithography
Intaglio/Etching
Monotype
Relief

5. Printmaking
1. Purpose 1. Make multiple
copies of an original
4. Types 2. Silkscreen
Lithography Intaglio/
etching Monotype
Relief

6. Silkscreen
Images made by forcing ink through silk
stretched on a wooden frame
• Stencil or block-out image using fluid
• Apply ink to areas were no fluid was used
• Squeegee ink through screen onto
fabric/paper/clothing

9. Printmaking
2. Types 2. Silkscreen
Lithography Intaglio/
etching Monotype
Relief
3. Silkscreen 3. Images made by
forcing ink through
silk stretched on a
wooden frame

10. Lithography
Images made by printing on the surface of the
stone or surface
• A greasy (oil-based) crayon is applied to a smooth
block of limestone.
– The stone is ground down, acid is applied to clean it,
water is sponged onto the stone and oil-based ink is
rolled on.
• Ink will only stick to the crayon but not the water.
• Paper is placed on top and a large press applies
pressure to transfer the ink.

13. Printmaking
3. Silkscreen 3. Images made by
forcing ink through
silk stretched on a
wooden frame
4. Lithography 4. Images made by
printing on the surface
of the stone or surface

14. Intaglio
Images made by printing from the lower
surface
• Lines are cut or etched into a smooth plate of
metal
• Ink is rubbed into the grooves and the surface
is wiped clean
• Damp paper is forced into the inked grooves by
heavy printing press

19. Printmaking
4. Lithography 4. Images made by
printing on the surface
of the stone or surface
5. Intaglio/Etching 5. Images made by
printing from the
lower surface

20. Monotype Printing
Image made by painting on a smooth,
non-absorbent surface one time
• An image is painted
• The paper is pressed onto the image,
transferring it.
• The unique aspect of a monotype is that
the plate can never be replicated.

23. Printmaking
5. Intaglio/Etching 5. Images made by
printing from the
lower surface
6. Monotype 6. Image made
by painting on a smooth,
non-absorbent surface
one time

24. Relief Printing
Images made by printing from a raised
surface
• The lowered area does not print – stays the
color of the paper.
One color ink
• Examples – woodcuts, linoleum cuts, found
objects, fingerprints

28. Printmaking
6. Monotype 6. Image made
by painting on a smooth,
non-absorbent surface
one time
7. Relief 7. Images made by
printing from a raised
surface

29. Reduction Printing
• Relief printing using more
than one color
– Every time a color is printed,
that particular color will be
carved away, reducing the
block down and eliminating
that color in order to print a
different color

30. Printmaking
7. Relief 7. Images made by
printing from a raised
surface
8. Reduction 8. Relief printing using
Printing more than one color
9. Tools

33. Video
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KETwb4M
• http://videos.howstuffworks.com/howstuffwork

34. Tools for Block Printing
Brayer
Carving tool
Barren
Ink
Ink plate/bench hook
Block

35. Block
 the surface that has an image to be
printed- wood, linoleum or vinyl

36. Linoleum & Carving Tool

37. Ink Plate/Bench hook
• Used for holding your linoleum in place to
carve & for rolling out ink

38. Brayer
 a roller for transferring ink to
the ink plate for printing

39. Barron
 4 ½ inch circular tool used for
pressing paper onto a plate or block
for hand printing.

40. Ink

42. Who thought of this??
• An artist named Jennifer Schmitt from Massachusetts
• One day she laid out all her prints on the floor on
afternoon and though “Gee, they look like the periodic
table."
• A friend dared her to do the project
• She posted her idea on Etsy and BarenForum.org (a
group for printmakers, primarily woodcut artists), and it
spread from there...
• IT MAY NOT BE TOO MUCH OF A COINCIDENCE:
The artist's mother was a high school chemistry teacher

43. Jennifer Schmitt with the Periodic Table of
Printmaking, on display in Elemental Matters

44. Jennifer Schmitt
“This visual interpretation makes it easier to
remember information about the elements,
gives you a story or a tidbit or fact to hang
onto. I know far more about a lot elements
now than I did a year ago or in 10th
grade.”

45. The Periodic table of Elements -
promoting both science and art
• 97 printmakers produced 118 prints in a combo of; woodcut,
linocut, monotype, etching, lithograph, silkscreen.
• 7 countries - Australia, Canada, England, Italy, Japan,
Scotland, United States
• 29 US states & Puerto Rico from the US - Arkansas,
California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia,
Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina,
North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico,
South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and
Wisconsin.

46. Element Artist Location
1 Hydrogen H Nathan Cannon Ohio
2 Helium He Jennifer Schmitt Massachusetts
3 Lithium Li Marissa Swinghammer Massachusetts
4 Beryllium Be Krista Stout Minnesota
5 Boron B Miles Histand Oregon
6 Carbon C Kris Shanks California
7 Nitrogen N Diane Cutter Puerto Rico
8 Oxygen O Mari-Claire Vaccaro Connecticut
9 Fluorine F Caren Loebel-Fried New Jersey/Hawaii
10 Neon Ne Stacy Rodriguez New York
11 Sodium Na Connie Pierson Washington
12 Magnesium Mg Sandra Tatsuko Kadowaki Canada
13 Aluminum Al Ellen Brooks North Dakota
14 Silicon Si Tiberiu Chelcea Pennsylvania
15 Phosphorus P Michelle Arnold Texas
16 Sulfur S Tara Shedlosky New York
17 Chlorine Cl Annie Bissett Massachusetts
18 Argon Ar Sandra Tatsuko Kadowaki Canada
19 Potassium K Perla Pequeño New York
20 Calcium Ca Marian Short Michigan
21 Scandium Sc Camilla Stacy United Kingdom
22 Titanium Ti Ellen Shipley California
23 Vanadium V John H. May South Carolina
24 Chromium Cr Kate Nydam Connecticut
25 Manganese Mn Marissa Buschow Texas
26 Iron Fe Amy Arledge Connecticut
27 Cobalt Co Aine Scannell Scotland
28 Nickel Ni Christa Demetriou United Kingdom
29 Copper Cu Kate Hutchison New Jersey

49. A little background..
• Dmitri Mendeleev published the
first periodic table in 1869. He showed that
when the elements were ordered
according to atomic weight, a pattern
resulted where similar properties for
elements recurred periodically. Based on
the work of physicist Henry Moseley, the
periodic table was reorganized on the
basis of increasing atomic number rather
than on atomic weight.

52. Artist: Natalia Moroz
• Darmstadtium is the synthetic chemical element, a superheavy
metal, of atomic number 110. The first atom of the heaviest
chemical element was detected in Darmstadt, Germany in
1994. It decays after a small fraction of a thousandth of a
second into lighter elements by emitting alpha-particles which
are the nuclei of helium atoms.
Reading about Darmstadtium I instantly imagined its
superheavy atom lifted by an old-fashioned circus weightlifter.
He is struggling under the weight while looking expectantly at
his wristwatch: the weight is supposed to lighten any
millisecond now.