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Traditional Printing & Printmaking
Aquatint
An intaglio technique using a granular ground and acid to create tonal areas.
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Category: Traditional Printing & Printmaking
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Traditional Printing & Printmaking
Burin Engraving
An intaglio technique cutting a metal plate directly with a burin.
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Traditional Printing & Printmaking
Drypoint
An intaglio technique where a needle scratches a plate, creating ink-holding burrs.
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Traditional Printing & Printmaking
Etching
An intaglio process using acid to bite lines exposed through a protective ground.
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Traditional Printing & Printmaking
Fine Art Print
An artwork created through a printmaking process, potentially in an edition.
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Traditional Printing & Printmaking
Intaglio Printing
Printing in which ink transfers from incised or etched recesses in a plate.
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Traditional Printing & Printmaking
Letterpress
Direct printing from raised type or plate surfaces.
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Traditional Printing & Printmaking
Linocut
A relief print made from the raised surfaces of carved linoleum.
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Traditional Printing & Printmaking
Lithography
A planographic printing process based on the repulsion of grease and water.
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Traditional Printing & Printmaking
Mezzotint
An intaglio process producing lighter tones by smoothing areas of a roughened plate.
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Traditional Printing & Printmaking
Monotype
A printmaking technique usually producing one principal impression from a painted surface.
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Traditional Printing & Printmaking
Movable Type
A printing system using separate, reusable pieces of type.
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Traditional Printing & Printmaking
Planographic Printing
Printing in which image and non-image areas lie essentially in one plane.
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Traditional Printing & Printmaking
Relief Printing
Printing in which ink transfers from the raised surfaces of a block.
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Traditional Printing & Printmaking
Screen Printing
Printing by pushing ink through open areas of a stenciled mesh.
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Traditional Printing & Printmaking
Woodcut
A relief print made from the raised surfaces of a carved woodblock.
