Exploring Printmaking: A Practical Guide to Printmaking Techniques

by Gill Thompson

Overview

Featuring a variety of unique projects to inspire printmakers of all levels, this is a comprehensive introduction to printmaking.

This practical guide offers a wide range of skills including mono-printing, block-printing, lino-printing, collagraph, dry-point etching and eco-printing. Each printmaking method is explained with clear step-by-step instructions and illustrations and is accompanied by simple projects that are a natural progression from the print techniques learned.

These activities can be carried out at home without the need for costly or complicated tools and equipment, and include ways of using materials that are easily accessible. Using objects such as bottle tops and kitchen utensils, you'll learn how to create unique designs suitable for printing onto gift tags, fabric and more. The book is suitable for beginners and will also inspire and renew the interest of the more experienced printmaker in these versatile artforms and the multitude of applications that they can be used for.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781789943023
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	07/29/2025
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	7.44(w) x 9.69(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Gill Thompson is an artist, printmaker and teacher based on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland. Her artwork is inspired by the beautiful coastal environment and reflects the shapes, colours and textures of the island. She is an experienced teacher, running printmaking workshops at her local Art Centre, in her studio and online.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

1. WHAT IS PRINTMAKING?

2. SETTING UP

3. BEFORE YOU GET STARTED

4. MONOPRINTING

5. RELIEF PRINTING

6. RELIEF PRINTING – LINOCUT

7. RELIEF COLLAGRAPH PRINTING

8. PRINTING WITH PACKAGING

9. ECOPRINTING

10. SUN PRINTING - ANTHOTYPES and CYANOTYPES

11. MIXING IT UP - HYBRID PRINTING AND PRINT COLLAGES

12. CREATIVE PROJECTS

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT

SUPPLIERS for MATERIALS and EQUIPMENT

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

GLOSSARY of TERMS

INDEX