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Media
Glossary
Giclee:
The French word "giclée" is a feminine noun that means a spray or a spurt of
liquid. Images are generated from high resolution digital scans and printed with
archival quality inks onto various substrates including canvas, fine art, and
photo-base paper. Giclee prints are created typically using professional 8-Color
to 12-Color ink-jet printers. These modern technology printers
are capable of producing incredibly detailed prints and allows for the highest
quality in art reproduction.
Monoprint: Known as the most "painterly" method amoung printmaking
techniques, a monoprint is a non-editionable kind of print and is essentially a
printed painting. The characteristic of this method is that no two prints are
alike; however, images can be similar, but exact replication or editioning is
not possible. The true appeal of the monotype lies in the unique translucency
that creates a quality of light very different from a painting on paper or a
print, and the beauty of this media is also in its spontaneity and its
combination of printmaking, painting, and drawing mediums.
Lithograph:
is a method for printing using a stone (Lithographic Limestone) or a metal plate
with a completely smooth surface. Lithography uses oil or fat and gum arabic to
divide the smooth surface into hydrophobic regions which accept the ink, and
hydrophilic regions which reject it and thus become the background. By contrast,
in intaglio printing a plate is engraved, etched or
stippled to make cavities to contain the printing ink, and in woodblock printing
and letterpress ink is applied to the raised surfaces of letters or images.
Etching:
In pure etching, a metal plate is covered with a wax. The artist then scratches
off the ground with a pointed etching needle where he/she wants a line to appear
in the finished piece, so exposing the bare metal. The plate is then dipped in a
bath of acid where the acid "bites" into the metal, where it is exposed, leaving
behind lines sunk into the plate. The remaining ground is then
cleaned off the plate. The plate is inked all over, and then the ink wiped off
the surface, leaving only the ink in the etched lines. The plate is then put
through a high-pressure printing press together with a sheet of paper. The paper
picks up the ink from the etched lines, making a print.
Serigraph: Screen printing is a printing technique that uses a woven mesh
to support an ink-blocking stencil. The attached stencil forms open areas of
mesh that transfer ink as a sharp-edged image onto a substrate. A roller or
squeegee is moved across the screen stencil, forcing or pumping ink past the
threads of the woven mesh in the open areas. Screen printing is also a stencil
method of print making in which a design is imposed on a screen of silk or other
fine mesh, with blank areas coated with an impermeable substance, and ink is
forced through the mesh onto the printing surface. It is also known as "silk
screening" or "serigraphy".
Mixed Media: A term used to describe a work that has been created using
one or more different materials and techniques often referred to as the
“medium”.
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