printmaking

[ print-mey-king ]

noun

1. the art or technique of making prints, especially as practiced in engraving, etching, drypoint, woodcut or serigraphy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of printmaking¹

First recorded in 1925–30; print + making

Example Sentences

The new arts center will have studios for printmaking, ceramics, painting, metalsmithing, and other art forms that let adults and kids alike get messy and create.

From Outside Online

While the artists at the workshop engaged in many different media, printmaking was a key tool for raising awareness for broader audiences.

From Washington Post

The techniques of printmaking and sculptural casting, with their complex choreographies of replication and mirror reversal, presence and absence, are everywhere in play.

From Washington Post

Underwood mingles photography, printmaking, painting and sculpture into an artistic ecosystem.

From Washington Post

They each offer several versions of the same basic flower, employing different colors and techniques to represent the variety in nature — and in printmaking.

From Washington Post

Currier and Ives was a printmaking firm based out of New York City from 1834 to 1907.

From The Daily Beast

Soon he approached Ken Raasch, a California entrepreneur, with the idea of setting up a printmaking business.

From The Daily Beast

On the evidence we have, the new conception Jackson brought to printmaking was not fully understood until the 20th century.

From Project Gutenberg