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Experiments in Relief Print Making

by Charles W. Smith
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781734222401
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Liber Apertus Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Liber Apertus Press
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  • Pages: 78
  • Original Price: USD 24.95
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 205 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Techniques / Printmaking

This is a facsimile edition of the first book to document and explore nontraditional "pressure printing" techniques for creating multicolor shading in relief printing of wood engravings and linoleum blocks. The author shows the process for applying shaped backing layers behind the paper to be printed, in order to create a unique artistic effect. "Several of the methods described require but one engraved block for producing prints in any number of colors, while the traditional method requires a separate engraved block for each color used, and in another method the engraved block is not necessary at all for making prints in many colors," the author writes.

Experiments in Relief Print Making, by Charles Smith, was originally published in 1954 by the University of Virginia Press in a limited edition of 300 copies. It features six images printed by letterpress in multiple colors from hand-cut plates and the artist's original make-ready layers. Each color print is accompanied by reproductions showing separations of the individual color layers in isolation. For the facsimile edition all of the finished images and layers are displayed at their full original size, using high resolution scans from the limited edition 1954 book.

"The term 'direct impression' as used here means that the block has been engraved and color transferred directly from the engraved block to the printing paper. The make-ready or indirect impression is different in that pressure is applied to the reverse side of the paper causing the image to offset from a block to the printing paper. This impression is never as sharp and clear as the direct impressions. Usually a combination of the two will produce softness and sharpness, although either may be used separately for certain desirable effects."

Smith, Charles W.: - Charles William Smith (1893-1987) studied at the University of Virginia, the Corcoran Art School, and Yale University School of Fine Arts. After teaching at several colleges and working as a commercial artist, he became chair of the art department at Bennington College from 1936 to 1947. Smith then moved to teaching at the University of Virginia from 1947 until his retirement in 1963, where he was the first chairman of the art department. In the 1940s his artwork ventured beyond representational printmaking using a method he called "block painting" to explore abstract forms.

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