A printmaker designs and makes prints using techniques such as woodcuts or silkscreens to create images that are transposed onto surfaces, generally using a printing press. They are increasingly making use of computerised or digital printing processes alongside more traditional craft-based methods.
Printmakers are based in studios and workshops and create their own designs, although the majority of their income generally comes from producing prints for clients according to their specifications. They may work for another artist in the production of prints, or can work on a freelance basis from their own workshop. The role usually combines artistic and teaching elements: it is not uncommon for printmakers to run evening classes or provide tuition in schools and colleges alongside their client services to ensure a sustainable income.
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As a printmaker, you'll design the prints yourself and create them using techniques such as intaglio (methods of etching and engraving), lithography and screen printing, on wood, metal, stone or other materials. After which, you'll transpose them onto another surface, generally using a printing press. Surfaces can include glass, cloth and paper.
However, printmaking skills are usually developed on a degree course, and a pre-entry postgraduate qualification can give you the edge as it will help you further develop these skills and techniques. Hands-on courses taught by professional printmakers are recommended.
Networking is also essential to a successful printmaking career. Try to network with printers during your degree to build up contacts and gain experience. Talk to established artists and printmakers to gain an insight into working conditions and styles. Attend talks given by printmakers and visit galleries and exhibitions.
It's usual for printmakers to combine two or more roles at a time, for example, paid employment with self-employment. Freelance work is especially common and experienced printmakers may become owner/managers of studios.
Some printmakers work in collectively-run workshops or design companies, which are owned and managed by experienced printmakers. They work with other printmakers, visual artists or designers who specialise in other areas, such as graphic design. Find out where your nearest printmaking workshops and studios are at Printmaking Today.
You'll need to take responsibility for your own professional development and look for ways to develop your skills and experience. This can include taking a postgraduate course in printmaking, completing some short courses to develop skills or working as a studio-based technician while learning from an established printmaker.
Further options, once you're established, include running classes where you teach printmaking skills or offering technical or advisory support to educational organisations. With substantial experience, you could manage a team of printmakers operating from shared workshop facilities. You might also offer other artistic and design services, as well as printing.
One of the most famous artists of the twentieth century, Henri Matisse (1869-1954) was a painter, sculptor, draftsman, and printmaker. He was deeply engaged in all of these creative pursuits and worked on them simultaneously, understanding that each medium offered unique artistic possibilities and challenges.
The Honolulu Printmakers have been supporting the art of printmaking in Hawai'i for more than 80 years. Our current program includes exhibitions by local printmakers, summer workshops and lectures, and year-round classes in the Printmakers Workshop and the Honolulu Museum of Art School.
A skillful draftsman, a master printmaker, and a controversial painter, James McNeill Whistler created strikingly perceptive and atmospheric masterpieces. His art and writings reveal his strong response to color and how this conflicted with his belief in the central importance of drawing. This lecture focuses on works on paper that illustrate the development of his art from 1855 to 1903. 2ff7e9595c
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