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Illustration and Printmaking
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People of Print: Innovative, Independent Design and Illustration by Marcroy Smith and Andy CookePublication Date: 2015
In a world where screen-based graphics and digital design dominate the mainstream, an international community of independent designers has embraced traditional printmaking techniques to create some of the most innovative graphics ever. Marcroy Smith and Andy Cooke, have brought together the work of more than forty-five of the hottest designers, illustrators, and collectives currently committed to the tactility, materiality, and visible craft of print, alongside the gallerists and promoters who are key figures in this creative scene.
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The Encyclopedia of Printmaking Techniques by Judy MartinPublication Date: 2014
This inspirational guide offers a wealth of information on all the different methods of working including monoprinting, wood engraving, etching, intaglio printing, screen-printing and more. Many helpful step-by-step demonstrations illustrate the processes and a gallery of images created by printmakers are featured throughout the book.
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What Is a Print?: Selections from the Museum of Modern Art by Sarah Suzuki (editor)Publication Date: 2011
What is a print? This volume aims to answer that question by exploring the four basic printmaking techniques - woodcut, intaglio, lithography and screenprint - that have been used to create some of the most iconic images in modern art, from Paul Gauguin's Noa Noa to Andy Warhol's Marilyn Monroe. Illustrated with works from The Museum of Modern Art's superlative collection of prints, the book is divided into four sections that provide an overview introduction to each technique.
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Printmaking: A Contemporary Perspective by Paul ColdwellPublication Date: 2010
Printmaking: A Contemporary Perspective is a solid overview of current work in this exciting area, taking into account the history and the different techniques available for artists working today. Using the work of contemporary artists, Printmaking tells the story of the progression of this art form and highlights the most important technological advances and influential artists.
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Critical Mass: Printmaking Beyond the Edge by Richard NoycePublication Date: 2010
This exciting new book showcases the work of a very diverse selection of 52 artists from 28 countries, against a spectrum of the concerns that inform the role and function of art in the increasingly technological global society. The mediums used by these artists range from new variations on traditional intaglio and relief techniques, to extreme forms of digital techniques, including time-based forms such as film and multi-media presentation.
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Printmaker's Secrets by Anthony DysonPublication Date: 2009
This is a collection of contributions from individual printmakers, richly illustrated with examples of their work and studios. Each of the nearly 70 participants offer an intimate insight into his or her working procedures, giving the reader the illusion of witnessing the daily creative striving of the artist.
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Installations and Experimental Printmaking by Alexia TalaPublication Date: 2011
In this book, Alexia Tala explores and investigates the new experimental forms of printmaking, which are today pushing the traditional boundaries of this technique in contemporary art. These include the usage of photo-emulsion, glass and paper, Perspex and paint stripper, printing with sand and digital prints mounted on relief surfaces.
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Engraving the Savage: the New World and Techniques of Civilization by Michael GaudioPublication Date: 2008
In this innovative analysis, Michael Gaudio explains how popular engravings of Native American Indians defined the nature of Western civilization by producing an image of its "savage other." Going beyond the notion of the "savage" as an intellectual and ideological construct, Gaudio examines how the tools, materials, and techniques of copperplate engraving shaped Western responses to indigenous peoples.
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Intaglio by Robert Adam and Carol RobertsonPublication Date: 2007
With clear step-by-step instructions and over 225 illustrations, mostly in colour, this book describes techniques that avoid traditional toxic materials in order to achieve stunning prints the modern way.
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Prints and Printmaking: An Introduction to the History and Techniques by Antony GriffithsPublication Date: 1996
A print is a pictorial image that has been produced by a process that enables it to be multiplied, and many of the best-known works by some of the world's greatest artists are prints. Yet little is understood about this popular art form. Now Antony Griffiths provides an excellent introduction for anyone who wishes to acquire a basic understanding of prints and printmaking.
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The Print in the Western World: An Introductory History by Linda C. HultsPublication Date: 1996
Introductory chronological study of western prints from 1400 to the present. Examines not only the technical aspects, but also the cultural and economical issues surrounding each medium. Well organized and researched, this title contains both a glossary and a bibliography.
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Prints and Visual Communication by William M. IvinsPublication Date: 1978
The sophistication of the photographic process has had two dramatic results--freeing the artist from the confines of journalistic reproductions and freeing the scientist from the unavoidable imprecision of the artist's prints. So released, both have prospered and produced their impressive nineteenth- and twentieth-century outputs. It is this premise that William M. Ivins, Jr., elaborates in Prints and Visual Communication.
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