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‘Intaglio’ derives from an Italian word meaning to incise incising occurs on metal plates to create engravings, etchings andmezzotints. The oldest of these is relief, which is used for woodcuts (and later for linocuts). This can also emboss the paper causing it to raise where the lines were carved. Two types of printmaking processes are represented by these tools: intaglio and relief. This allows the pressure applied by the press to lift the ink from the grooves and apply it to the paper. Another key difference with intaglio versus other printmaking processes is that the paper is soaked in water and patted dry before printing. Ink is then forced into the incised lines and wiped clean from the surface of the plate with a tarlatan and newsprint.
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Using this method, a metal plate gets coated with. The lines that the printmaker would like printed are either cut into the metal plate with a tool called a burin (a process known as engraving), or by using acid to corrode the plate (known as etching). Sometimes loosely referred to as photo etching, the photogravure process creates a type of intaglio print. This process allows the printmaker to create intricate images with a process historically used for banknotes, newspapers, fabrics and sheet music. MSU Denver BFA Printmaking graduate Peter Miller demonstrates these various techniques on a copper plate as they create an original print from their designs. Intaglio printmaking is a complex printmaking process that involves etching, engraving, scraping, burnishing, and much more. See our YouTube channel for more printmaking videos over the coming weeks. Intaglio is the family of printing and printmaking techniques in which the image is incised into a surface and the incised line or sunken area holds the ink.
#Printmaking intaglio series#
This blog is one of a six-part series highlighting the processes behind printmaking and the art shown in the exhibition on view May 26 – Jtitled. You will be introduced to intaglio printmaking techniques and processes starting from monotype leading into drypoint, etching and aquatint step by step.