Printmaking refers to the printed matter obtained by plate-making printing. The creation of printmaking emphasizes the painter's personal painting, carving and printing. ) In Europe and America, all copies printed by mechanical plate making are collectively referred to as printed matter.
There are many kinds of prints, including convex, concave, flat and hole. Woodcut is a relief print.
Plate is the material of woodcut creation, and different wood has different characteristics, which directly affects the appearance of the work. Generally speaking, hard boards such as pear wood and jujube wood are suitable for fine carving, while soft boards such as basswood and ginkgo wood are suitable for bold expression. Due to the shortage of wood, people began to look for substitutes, such as plastic plates and cardboard, which also promoted the diversification of plates. At present, woodcarvers at home and abroad mostly use wood plywood to create, while children learn woodcut prints because the boards are hard and not easy to operate, so they find many substitutes, such as clay boards, rubber boards, gypsum boards, KT boards, aluminum-plastic boards and so on. Because they are easier to carve than wooden boards and are very suitable for primary and secondary school students, they have achieved good results. The development of this board has greatly promoted the education of children's printmaking in various places.