The revised and expanded edition of "The Complete Printmaker" covers various aspects of fine printmaking and takes the reader step by step through the history and techniques of over forty-five print-making methods - from the traditional etching, engraving, lithography, and relief print processes to today's computer prints, Mylar lithography, copier prints, water-based screen printing, helio-reliefs, and monotypes. The book also includes a survey of issues and contemporary concerns in the printmakers world.
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64 of 64 people found the following review helpful
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This book is almost a catalog of every printmaking process around. It covers all the basics: intaglio, relief, screen prints, litho, and monoprint. It covers related technique, including embossed "dimensional" prints (aka "blind" prints), molded paper, and more. It devotes special attention to collographs, prints from textured or collage surface, and much too much more to describe.
Best, the tools, materials, and how-to of every process are described in a fair bit of detail. Because so many processes are listed, each one gets just a short section, nowhere near what a printmaker would need in practice. Still, the descriptions serve at least two purposes. First, they may entice an artist into learning more about a process.
Second, and more importantly for me, is that you don't have to be a printmaker to read this book and benefit from it. I'm a fan of fine prints, even though I don't make prints myself. I like to know what I'm looking at. I like to see a mark in a print and understand where it came from, how the artist's hand created it. By explaining each process, this book helps me understand the result of the process, and understand its effect on the finished product. Not everyone sees art that way, but it makes me feel somehow closer to the creator.
I recommend this to anyone who loves fine prints. Perhaps it's helpful to the printmaker looking for new techniques to try. It is certainly useful for the viewer, in understanding how the artist makes a vision come alive on paper.
//wiredweird
Best, the tools, materials, and how-to of every process are described in a fair bit of detail. Because so many processes are listed, each one gets just a short section, nowhere near what a printmaker would need in practice. Still, the descriptions serve at least two purposes. First, they may entice an artist into learning more about a process.
Second, and more importantly for me, is that you don't have to be a printmaker to read this book and benefit from it. I'm a fan of fine prints, even though I don't make prints myself. I like to know what I'm looking at. I like to see a mark in a print and understand where it came from, how the artist's hand created it. By explaining each process, this book helps me understand the result of the process, and understand its effect on the finished product. Not everyone sees art that way, but it makes me feel somehow closer to the creator.
I recommend this to anyone who loves fine prints. Perhaps it's helpful to the printmaker looking for new techniques to try. It is certainly useful for the viewer, in understanding how the artist makes a vision come alive on paper.
//wiredweird
58 of 59 people found the following review helpful
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I have been studying basic printmaking techniques, for about a year , and have found this book to be an excellent guide. It has excellent explanations. Also advice on safety precautions & how to set up the studio. Also very helpful is a quite extensive list of suppliers of printmaking equipment and papers in the U.S.A. It is the most complete book of the many art books that I have read ever. It covers just about everything. Ideal for the artist with experience in printmaking but sufficiently easy to understand for the novice.
59 of 64 people found the following review helpful
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Okay, well, maybe I'm a little passionate about the things I like, but I'm a Leo and that should be expected. I borrowed this book today from my AP Art teacher, my budding interest in printmaking beginning to develop, and I'm floored by the thorough descriptions of so many different printmaking processes. As printmaking is such a broad art form, I had never found a book that satisfies my desires to learn about intaglio, woodcut, monotype, screenprinting and book arts (including a few pages on letterpress printing!), let alone all the other printmaking forms. Highly recommended for anyone in search of a Printmaking Bible.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love this book...
If you're into printmaking this is a great book. Goes through all the different types as well as how. I have this as paperback too.
Published 27 days ago by Todd C. Young
2.0 out of 5 stars
Old w/ poor illustrations
The print making books I've purchased recently, including this one, have very small print. This book's illustrations are inferior. I don't recommend this book.
Published 1 month ago by shelly
2.0 out of 5 stars
ebook is terrible!
This book is one of my college text books, and I wanted to save some money and have the convenience of using this book on my Kindle Fire. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Prbert
4.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome
This is a great book to have to accompany the printmaking course that I am taking.
It answers alot of questions that arrise when the teacher is not available. Read more
It answers alot of questions that arrise when the teacher is not available. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Cheryl
5.0 out of 5 stars
The complete printmaker
This book has everything you need to know on all the different types of printmaking! A must have for every printmaker.
Published on January 12, 2011 by Katie
2.0 out of 5 stars
Great book, but it fell apart.
I bought this book two years ago and it started falling apart soon after. After two years, I has completely fallen apart. The glue on the binding just has not held. Read more
Published on November 30, 2010 by dk
3.0 out of 5 stars
very good but errors
this is a very good reference but i have found at least one error when going through the litho process. Read more
Published on September 2, 2010 by Andrew E. Rice
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent reference
This is an excellent reference for the experienced or beginning printmaker. It would make a great textbook for an introductory course... Read more
Published on July 26, 2010 by M. Thompson
5.0 out of 5 stars
printmaking, a great survey
Much more up to date than Peterdi. Very complete. Silkscreen written by a grad student, and still very good. The "complete" in the title is correct.
Published on May 24, 2010 by emerson christoff
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Complete Printmaker
Terrific overall guide. Clear instructions with many examples of each technique.
After checking this book out of my local library and multiple renews, I ordered my own copy.
After checking this book out of my local library and multiple renews, I ordered my own copy.
Published on May 16, 2010 by Carol Norby
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- Lynwood Kreneck, Printmaker by A. Isabelle Howe on page 57, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Paper Pleasures: Five Centuries of Drawings and Watercolors by Charles R. MacK on page 78
- Printmaking: History and Process by Donald Saff in Back Matter
- The Artist's Illustrated Encyclopedia: Techniques, Materials and Terms by Phil Metzger on page 473
- The Spirit of the Modern: Drawings and Graphics by Maltby Sykes by Georgia Museum of Art on page 46
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