The Encyclopedia of Printmaking Techniques - Hardcover

Martin, Judy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1561382108 ISBN 13: 9781561382101

Publisher: Running Pr Book Pub, 1993

Synopsis

Demonstrates intaglio printing, lithography, woodcut, linocut, monoprint, drypoint, etching, and screenprinting with film stencils, and discusses composition, color, pattern, and themes

About this title

About the Author:

Judy Martin is a painter and teacher also known as the author of a number of practical art books. She lives and works in Brighton, on England's south coast, and exhibits in her home studio every year for the Artist's Open Houses during Brighton Festival. She studied painting and printmaking at Maidstone College of Art and went on to a two-year postgraduate degree at Reading University. She was a freelance writer and editor for a period of fifteen years, and has subsequently worked in adult education and at a mental health day centre, facilitating groups in art craft and ceramic work.

From Library Journal:

New books on printmaking techniques are fairly uncommon, yet suddenly at least two good ones are on the market (the other one is Julia Ayres's Printmaking Techniques , LJ 8/93). Plentifully illustrated and divided into numbered sequences in easy-to-understand paragraphs, Martin's encyclopedia is the better buy for concise, step-by step demonstrations. A beginning artist could take this all-color manual into the studio and follow the procedures visually or verbally. All methods are covered, from relief to lithography, but this isn't just a recipe book. Markmaking and printing processes are treated separately, though excellent cross references anticipate any questions that might arise. The only real drawback is that plate and offset lithography are emphasized over stone printing. Whereas this makes good long-term sense because of limited supplies of special limestone, most educational institutions still use it. Recommended for all craft collections.
- Sue Olcott, Columbus Metropolitan Lib., Ohio
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Running Pr Book Pub
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 1561382108
• ISBN 13: 9781561382101
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176