The Complete Guide to Prints and Printmaking: History, Materials and Techniques from Woodcut to Lithography / John Dawson

Identifier:REF.PM.2018a

Dimensions:192 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm

Copyright dates:1981

Subjects: Printing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc., printmaking, prints

Description:"Fully illustrated with over 600 diagrams, step-by-step photographs and actual prints, this comprehensive handbook covers the history, equipment, techniques and materials of all the basic printing processes: relief, intaglio, screen and planographic. Additional chapters discuss experimental techniques, how to mount and display prints, setting up a studio and care and restoration."--front flap Table of Contents: 1. The Studio -- 2. Relief Printing -- 3. Intaglio Printing -- 4. Planographic Printing -- 5. Screen Process Printing -- 6. Alternatives in Printmaking -- 7. Mounting and Display -- 8. Care and Restoration. Includes glossary and index.