The printmakers' bible
Gale, Colin2012
Book
The Printmakers' Bible is a comprehensive guide to all aspects of printmaking, including processes, techniques and mixed-media possibilities. It covers everything you need to know, from traditional methods such as lithography, etching and mezzotint, to new experimental techniques such as digital, photoaluminium plates, collagraphs and CAD/CAM. The book also includes essential information on colour theory, designing and preparing prints, choosing paper, setting up a studio, health and safety, tools, equipment and chemicals, making this a must-have book that every printmaker and print studio should own.
Main title:
The printmakers' bible / Colin Gale and Megan Fishpool.
Author:
Work:
Imprint:
London : A. & C. Black, 2012.
Collation:
272 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 relief printing -- ch. 2 drypoint -- ch. 3 engraving -- ch. 4 mezzotint -- ch. 5 etching -- hard ground etching -- mordants -- developing an image -- intaglio printing -- printing in colour from one plate -- intaglio multiplate printing -- aquatint -- soft ground -- sugar lift aquatint -- spit bite -- photo etching and photo polymer intaglio -- flexograph/solar plate -- ch. 6 lithography -- stone lithography -- plate lithography -- photo lithography -- ch. 7 screen printing -- ch. 8 ink -- ch. 9 viscosity printing -- ch. 10 collagraph -- ch. 11 monoprinting -- ch. 12 software.
ISBN:
9781408140673 (pbk)1408140675 (pbk)
Dewey class:
760.28
LC class:
NE830
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
12527
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathleen Syme Carlton | -Art and Culture | ARTS 760.28 GALE | Available |