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Printmaking is a comprehensive and up to date introduction to fundamental printmaking techniques including relief, intaglio, collagraph, lithography, screen print and monoprint. It shows how some of the latest and most experimental prints have been made using these techniques. It also shows how to use the computer as an image-making tool and how to translate digital images into tangible works of art. Each chapter has clear, step-by-step illustrations with extensive case studies, which help the student understand the technical aspects of each printmaking technique. Each chapter profiles a leading contemporary printmaker, with an interview and examples of their work. The appendices include many useful troubleshooting charts, indicating the problems that are likely to arise with different techniques, and what can be done to solve them. There is also a useful glossary of technical terms.
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Bill Fick is a printmaker and Visiting Assistant Professor in the Art Department at Duke University who has exhibited his work internationally. He is also the director of Cockeyed Press, which specializes in the production of satirical linocut prints.
Beth Grabowski is a printmaker and a Professor of Art at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Most recently her work was exhibited in Berlin at an exhibition honouring Käthe Kollowitz. She is the author of A Printshop Handbook (1991).
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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I was almost put off buying this book. Thank goodness, I saw it in the public library and was able to borrow a copy which gave me an opportunity to check it out for myself. On reading the book, I could not believe it was the same one that had received such negative reviews as I am still unsuccessfully looking out for the egotistic or arty guff referred to. In my copy, all I see are numerous pages containing clear photographic images and diagrams demonstrating the various printmaking techniques and processes, and accompanied by informative and intelligent, understandable text. All this with the addition of interesting artists' profiles, working methods and valuable pages at the back of the book on how to overcome some of the problems one encounters in printmaking. The authors, as tutors and printmakers themselves, obviously "know their stuff" and have crammed this book with their vast knowledge and understanding of the art of printmaking - surely something which should not be denigrated. I'm just an ordinary struggling artist that was looking for printmaking inspiration to free me from a creative block. This book did it for me. It truly inspired me to try out other techniques and to experiment and I am so happy I bought it. (Amazon currently provides a "look inside" facility, but without the illustrations it unfortunately doesn't do the book justice). So, please, don't be put off buying it like I almost was. The price is extremely favourable for a book that contains 240 interesting, informative and inspiring pages and well worth the money. I, for one, shall be dipping into it many times in future.
.......Oh, and British Govt. please note - despite Amazon's great site we still need our public libraries too!!
.......Oh, and British Govt. please note - despite Amazon's great site we still need our public libraries too!!
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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An excellent book for both the professional printer and the amateur. I will be dipping into this reference mnay times. It also inspires you to try out new techniques and to experiment.It appeals on several levels and is both up to date and very informative.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I ordered the book as I am studying print as part of my degree in graphic design. This book has been so useful to me. It covers all the different techniques and variations. It is a very practical book, easy to use, lots of information, excellent resource which is presented in a logical and clear way.
I am really pleased I got this book, I am still using it now and will continue to do so.
I am really pleased I got this book, I am still using it now and will continue to do so.
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Excellent single volume review of current printmaking
This is a substantial piece of work with a huge amount to offer. There's always a compromise between achieving good coverage of the subject and publishing a book that the punters... Read more
Published 4 days ago by Simon Harvey
Pretty useful book
I wouldn't usually write a review but I feel some of the other reviewers have done this book an injustice. I teach art and have found this book very useful. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr Tickles
Extraordinarily badly written
I agree with another reviewer - this is so badly written and such a shame given the quality of the illustrated work. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Carrie
someone's showing off!
For a book that calls itself a complete guide or materials and processes, I hadn't expected to have to wade through paragraph after paragraph of pseudo-intellectual pontificating... Read more
Published on 4 Sep 2009 by Adrian Wheeler
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