Unit+4+-+Printmaking

In this unit of work you will extend previous work into Printmaking. We will experiment with various Printmaking techniques and make decisions about the best type of printmaking to use to in the creation of your own series of prints. See below for an overview of the Four main types of printmaking.


 * [[image:Collatgraph Button.jpg width="225" height="130"]] ||  || //**Collagraphy:** Although this technique is not one of the 4 main types of printmaking it is still a very valid and interseting technique that can produce a range of results, created by adhering textured material to the printing surface.// ||
 * [[image:Intaglio Button.jpg width="226" height="130" link="ib-art/Intaglio"]] ||  || **Intaglio:** This type of printing is made by cutting the picture into the surface of the printing plate. Intaglio techniques include: etching, engraving, mezzotint, aquatint. ||
 * [[image:ib-art/Planography Button.jpg width="226" height="130" link="ib-art/Planography - Monotype"]] ||  || **Planography:** This type of printing is often referred to as lithography and is done as the printing of a flat surface, essentially painting an image on a surface. Monotype is also an example of Planographic printmaking, made by drawing or painting on a smooth, non-absorbent surface. ||
 * [[image:RELIEF 2 Button.jpg width="224" height="130" link="ib-art/Relief"]] ||  || **Relief Printing:** This type of printing is printing done from a raised surface such as a rubber stamp onto a surface. Common examples are woodcuts and lino prints. ||
 * [[image:Serigraphy Button.jpg width="226" height="130" link="ib-art/Stencils and Serigraphy"]] ||  || **Stencil or Serigraphy:** This last type of printmaking is where ink is pressed through a prepared screen, with either photographic or stencil images. ||

Please download for more detailed information and examples of each type of printmaking.

**Basic timeline for Unit 4:**

 * Week 1:** Exposure to a range of printmaking techniques and experiments with all types, overview of printmaking characteristics, brainstorming ideas on possible imagery - MUST be a development from previous project, begin drawings and preparing imagery,
 * Week 2:** Planning pages in IWB, artist and process research, preparing plates
 * Week 3:** Trial prints and refining printingmaking skills, analyis of own work, process pages in IWB, refinements, Final prints
 * Week 4:** Final print edition, extenstion into experimental prints/techniques, analysis of work

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