How are prints made? What is screen printing and what is watermark woodcut printing?

Broadly speaking, printmaking can include that the graphics printed before printing industrialization are generally printmaking. The concept of contemporary printmaking mainly refers to the artistic works conceived and created by artists through plate-making and printing procedures, specifically, the pictures carved or etched on pages such as wood, stone, hemp, copper and zinc with knives or chemicals. Printmaking art has been accompanied by the invention and development of printing technology. Ancient prints mainly refer to woodcuts, but a few copperplate prints and overprinting are not allowed.

Screen printing is also called hole printing, just like the printing method of industrial cloth, which scrapes the color from the mesh to the receiver, so it is also called silk leakage printing. At present, screen printing has been widely used in the commercial field. Can be used for printing advertisements, packaging materials, street signs, clothing patterns, etc. It can be said that screen-printed items can be seen everywhere. It is widely welcomed by the society because of its fast production speed, economy, flexible size and convenient production and printing.

Watermark woodcut is a kind of chromatic woodcut.

Printed matter with color overprint is called color printed matter or overprint printed matter. Color enriches the artistic language and means of expression of printmaking, and color printmaking is popular with its magnificent colors. Color matching woodcuts are divided into mimeographed color matching and watermark color matching, which have their own characteristics due to different printing pigments and papers. Watermark color matching prints in China are bright and fresh, elegant and lyrical, full of charm, full of interest and unique techniques, which have formed the unique artistic charm and distinctive national characteristics of oriental art. Watermark prints printed on absorbent paper can produce the contrast effect of dryness, wetness and darkness, and the contact between water rhyme and ink color is full of interest. The color of prints is different from that of paintings. No matter how many colors are set, we should keep the characteristics of printmaking, which is neither oil painting nor Chinese painting. Generally speaking, the color of printed matter should be simple, concise and general, and the rich color effect should be overprinted with the least color, so as to seek richness from simplicity and win more with less. The method and steps of color printing are to divide the edition according to the manuscript and carve several editions in several colors. After the carving is completed, the overprint is completed one by one. Watermark version can be woodcut version, paper version, blow-molded version, etc. Only by paying attention to the use of overprint marks can we ensure the accuracy of overprint of each printing plate. The printing paper should be kept at a certain humidity, and the printing tools are special lotus and brown eraser. This is a multi-board process (or multi-board process). You can also use pen color matching method and one-page multi-color overprint method, the latter two methods are simpler.