The earliest form of printmaking at home and abroad is woodcut reproduction printmaking, for example, the title page of the Diamond Sutra, which was carved by Xian Tong in the Tang Dynasty in 868, was carved by technicians according to the painter's drawings. It was not until the18th century that artists created prints by drawing their own manuscripts, making their own plates and printing their own prints. As a plastic art, printmaking refers to the creation of printmaking. Due to the different ink-receiving parts, plate properties and plate-making printing methods, plates can be divided into different varieties.
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A printing form in which a single printed matter is directly painted or drawn on a smooth layout without plate making, and then printed into a finished product.
A form of printmaking in which rubbings are printed directly on paper with letterpress layout. Such as stone rubbings and brick rubbings.
Letterpress printing is to ink the convex part of the plate, and its representative is woodcut. Among them, oil-soluble ink printing is called "mimeograph woodcut" or "woodcut"; Printed with water-soluble ink is called "watermark print" or "watermark woodcut". In addition, all kinds of relief prints are made of woodcut and printed, with hemp, gypsum, stones, bricks and so on as the plates.
Gravure printing is inking in the concave part of the printing plate, which represents copperplate printing. Among them, due to different plate-making methods, it can be divided into "line-engraved copper plate", "dry-engraved copper plate", "screen printing" and "etched copper plate". In addition, all kinds of intaglio printing made of zinc plate or other metal plates are still made by copper plate making and printing methods.
Lithography receives ink on the surface of the printing plate, which is represented by lithography. Due to the different plate-making methods, it can be divided into "direct lithography" and "transfer lithography". In addition, lithographic products made of aluminum plates, zinc plates, etc. It is still made of lithographs and printed.
Hole prints are also called "missing prints". Ink color leaks to the surface of the finished substrate through the perforated plate, which is shown as screen printing. In addition, there are stencil printing by screen printing with nylon mesh, Kaplan mesh, metal mesh and other mesh materials as plates.
Glass printmaking is a kind of printmaking form which combines photography technology with plate making on glass.