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print·mak·ing  (prntmkng)
n.
The artistic design and manufacture of prints, such as woodcuts or silk-screens.

printmaker n.
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Noun1.printmaking - artistic design and manufacture of prints as woodcuts or silkscreensprintmaking - artistic design and manufacture of prints as woodcuts or silkscreens
artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"
engraving, etching - making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them
serigraphy - the act of making a print by the silkscreen method
lithography - the act of making a lithographic print
Translations
printmaking [ˈprɪntmeɪkɪŋ] Ngrabado m


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43 Z240 Unusual in a scholarly work, this account of prints and printmaking in 16th-century Rome contains at the center an extended account of the rivalry, perfidy, theft, confrontations, and even a drowning that occurred among some of the city's printmakers.
Northern Print director Anna Wilkinson said: "Introducing people to the joys of contemporary prints and printmaking is what we're all about, so this gift is the best way we could think of to thank Ward Hadaway for their much-appreciated help and support in acquiring our new premises.
He clearly explains the varied types of prints and printmaking, and how to properly frame a piece.
 
 
 
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