printmaking

print·mak·ing

P0565600 (prĭnt′mā′kĭng)n. The artistic design and manufacture of prints, such as woodcuts or silk-screens.

---

print′mak′er n.

printmaking

(ˈprɪntˌmeɪkɪŋ) n1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) an artistic technique that consists of making a series of pictures from an original, or from a specially prepared surface2. (Art Terms) an artistic technique that consists of making a series of pictures from an original, or from a specially prepared surface

print•mak•ing

(ˈprɪntˌmeɪ kɪŋ)

n. the art or technique of making prints. [1925–30]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

printmaking - artistic design and manufacture of prints as woodcuts or silkscreensartistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"engraving, etching - making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from themserigraphy - the act of making a print by the silkscreen methodlithography - the act of making a lithographic print

Translations