Printing Process

Relief

Wood

1. Wood block is prepped by an India wash so you can see where the drawing is going
2. Make a paper transfer and choose what parts to cut away
3. Ink gets rolled over the surface of the block
4. Passed through the press to transfer to the paper

Linoleum

1. Cut away parts of the linoleum you don't want ink on
2. Evenly apply ink to the linoleum block
3. Transfer the image to the paper

Intaglio

Dry Point

1. Directly scratch the image onto the plate
2. Use a roulette to move larger parts of the plate
3. Use steel facing to strengthen the plate
4. Wipe plate with ink and wipe off excess 
5. Set on press with wet surface

Etching

1. Prepare plate by polishing and cleaning
2. Apply a ground to the plate ie. mix of materials 
3. Smoke the plate to heat the ground
4. Drawing the plate is scratching the surface to release the ground 
5. Etching the plate then rinsing
6. Put back in the bath and clean
7. Wipe plate with ink and wipe off excess
8. Set on press with damp paper

Lithography

Stone

1. Draw with a grease 
2. Chemically treat stone to establish where water goes
3. Color gets drawn into the stone
4. Etch the stone to help them relieve water later on
5. Use gum arabic on it to cool down the stone
6. Cheesecloth too buff it down
7. Apply ink to bring up the image
8. Force ink into the stone
9. About four to six newsprints to get the ink full