Printmaking: A Complete Guide to Materials & Processes

Printmaking is a practical, comprehensive guide to the wide world of printmaking techniques. Visually striking and full of step-by-step instruction on formerly mysterious processes, Printmaking takes you inside the studios of the world's best printmakers and reveals the essential know-how you need to develop your own practice. This fully updated edition includes expanded chapters on digital and mixed media processes, and a brand new 'Print & Make' chapter, which explores the opportunities for creative expression within the many processes available to print makers. The more traditional techniques of relief, intaglio, collograph, lithography, screen printing and monoprint have also been refreshed with the addition of new images showing a broader range of subject matter, including more contemporary prints and international artists. Each technique is explored from the development of the printing or digital matrix, through the different stages of creation to image output. Guidance on how to set up a print studio, sections on troubleshooting techniques and the inclusion of up-to-date lists of suppliers, workshops and galleries make this an invaluable volume for beginner and experienced printmakers alike.