Printmaking Art: A Mature Art Form Disrupted by New Techniques
By Nicole Chang
June 2023 FOR ART'S SAKE
PRINTMAKING ART IS produced by transferring visual images or drawings from a carved or etched surface (e.g. wood block or metal plate) onto paper through a process of rubbing or pressing, either by hand or with a machine.Since the 19th century, printmaking art has been gradually developed and diversified, moving from relief to stencil, to intaglio and to planography prints. These used processes such as woodblock, silkscreen, etching and lithography before contemporary techniques or other innovative approaches, including digital print...
Nicole Chang
has just completed her PhD programme at the Department of Development Planning and Management, School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
