Monotype uses a pane of glass with ink applied to create an image.
Lithography, the other planographic method, utilizes chemical reactions on the flat surface of a limestone to create an image. Serigraphy, or screenprinting, is a type of planographic printmaking that uses paper or photochemical stencils to create an image. PLANOGRAPHIC PRINTMAKING: Process where the surface of the plate is flat. The result of this process are very linear drawings often using crosshatching, increased line shading or stippling processes to achieve a variety of tone.Įxamples of Intaglio artists: Albrecht Durer, Rembrandt, Kiki Smith, Sandow Birk. Once the ground is wiped off, the etched areas are filled with ink via wiping and run through the press. The ground acts as a resist to the covered areas, while the scratched, exposed areas are eaten away or etched out of the plate. Once the drawing is scratched upon the surface, the metal plate is immersed in an acid bath. Collagraphs can be inked either in Intaglio or Relief form to achieve various effects and textures. Generally they are more abstract or expressive than representational. Collagraphs are generally known for the texture achieved by the built-up elements. Collagraph: Print made from a plate built up of cardboard, chipboard or masonite and other materials.The result of this process creates layer upon layer of dark, fuzzy tones. The acid eats away at everything not covered by the rosin, which results in a textured plate. The texture is transferred onto the plate when the plate is submerged in acid. Various sizes of rosin chips are sprinkled onto the plate and then melted onto it via a hotplate in order to achieve texture. Aquatint Etching: A type of Intaglio print that utilizes rosin in order to create its signature dark tones.The depressed lines are filled with ink via wiping and transferred onto paper via a press. INTAGLIO PRINTMAKING: Process in which paper is pressed into depressed lines made by acid etching or by scratching with a sharp tool.