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printmaking

DEFINITIONS OF: printmaking

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n artistic design and manufacture of prints as woodcuts or silkscreens

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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
steel engraving
the act of engraving on a steel plate
aquatint
a method of etching that imitates the broad washes of a water color
Type of:
art, artistic creation, artistic production
the creation of beautiful or significant things
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