We love the art of multiples, and could spend quite a while writing about how great the process and products of printmaking are. In short, print makes us think.
However, writing about all the printmaking processes we offer would be akin to reinventing the wheel. Hopefully this list of links can help answer your questions about the different printmaking methods our members access here at the AS220 Community Print Shop
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Screen Printing is a fast process that is great for printing large images, flat layers of color/ink, sizable editions (for posters, ect) and on T-Shirts.
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Letterpress known for its characteristic embossment, or impression, and is great for printing the written word - Poems, invitations, announcements, ect.
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Etching and Intaglio prints are known for their atmosphere and rich tonality. The processes can be intensive, but reward the artist / printmaker with incredible creative possibilities.
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Traditional Lithography involves a stone or metal plate that accepts and repels ink / water. The image contained on the stone / plate is then transferred to paper by a lithographic press. The products of traditional lithography, known as lithographs, are known for their fidelity, great detail, flat quality of ink on the paper and rich tonality.
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Offset Lithography is a modern, traditionally commercial process that allows an artist or designer to rapidly print hundreds or thousands of an image. Uses the principals of traditional lithography, but at rapid, mechanized speeds.
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