A little information on original prints, and how they are different from commercially produced prints (reproductions). In simple terms, a traditional original print is made this way: 1. The artist creates (by scratching or cutting) an image on a plate (metal, wood, lino, stone, plastic, cardboard... any surface). 2. Then the artist inks it by hand. 3. The inked plate with a sheet of paper on it is put under some source of pressure (printing press, garden roller, palms of hands, steam roller... anything) 4. Under the pressure, ink from the plate is transferred to the paper. The paper is pulled from the plate, and there it is - the original print! Compare this with the way a commercial print is prepared: 1. An artwork is photographed or scanned. 2. The image is mechanically transferred onto a plate (limestone, metal or plastic plate covered in photosensitive emulsion) 3. The plate is installed in a printing press, where rollers ink it up, the ink is offset on to the rubber drum, and from it onto the paper. Once started, this process may produce hundreds of prints. A giclee print is an inkjet print of high quality. Often giclee pints are sold as limited editions, numbered and signed. Sometimes the artist may add a few strokes of paint or transparent acrylic paste to the image to give it a more "handmade" look. An artistic digital print is another variation of original print. As the medium is very new, there are various opinions on its definition. If you would like to know more about various sorts of printmaking, original and otherwise, here are some links for you: - Printmaking is the process of making artworks by printing, normally on paper. Printmaking normally covers only the process of creating prints with ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_print - One-of-a-kind print in which the artist personally conceived the image, created the master plates and executed the entire printing process.
www.progressiveart.com/art_terms.htm - is a work of art that has been created specifically for the printing medium. The original image is hand-done onto a metal plate; stone block ...
www.kenjacksonart.com/ArtTerminology.htm - An original print is one printed from a matrix on which the design was created by hand and issued as part of the original publishing venture or as ...
www.philaprintshop.com/diction.html - An image produced from a stone, plate, block or such-like that has been directly worked on by an artist. ...
www.portjacksonpress.com.au/arthost_glossary.php - A print whose concept and execution on the plate is, by strictest definition, done entirely by the artist, who usually signs and numbers the ...
www.artophile.com/glossary.htm - Original, creative art printed from original plates, blocks, etc. It differs from the reproduction of an earlier work of art which was created in a different medium.
www.clt.astate.edu/elind/prtmkgvoc.htm - a genuine old print, published at the time stated, not a later reprint or reproduction of an old print.
www.flower-fairies-pictures.co.uk/info/glossary.asp - A graphic print created and designed by an artist, typically signed and numbered in a limited edition. NOT a commercially printed reproduction.
www.curlingart.com/art_glossary.htm - Also called a “Limited Edition Graphic”, this is a print produced by any number of methods including lithography, intaglio and serigraphy. The artist is usually also the printer although in many cases the artist overseas and approves the work of a master printer or technician.
www.islandart.com/index.php - Original prints are original works of art for which the matrix has been conceived and executed by the artist. At all times the artist is in control of the outcome. Because they are often printed in multiples more than one of each image may be available. ...
www.silver-connections.org/essays/glossary.html - The question of original prints is somewhat complex in connection with photogravure. Artists like to define original prints as those taken from a ...
personal.inet.fi/taide/kari.holopainen/gravyyri/glossary.html - Forms of continuous tone printing are unique and special. Though many prints may be made of the same image, each is an original print when the printing process is either relief, intaglio, planographic, or stencil.
www.customdesignworkshop.com/cdw/art_glossary.asp - An original print is a work of art in itself, Not a reproduction. It is not a work of art that is created in one medium and then turned into a silk screen print or other form of print. The artist's hand creates the plate or screen, and it is a very direct act of creativity. ...
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