Printmaking : history and process / Donald Saff, Deli Sacilotto

Includes bibliographical references (pages 422-424) and index

Text and more than 700 illustrations explain the procedures and techniques of five kinds of printmaking: lithography, relief printing, intaglio, seriography, and combined methods

Preface -- Introduction -- part 1. Relief -- chapter 1. History of relief -- chapter 2. Relief techniques -- Basic woodcut techniques -- The classic Japanese woodcut technique (Ukiyo-e) -- Wood engraving -- Other approaches to the relief print -- part 2. Intaglio -- chapter 3. History of intaglio -- chapter 4. Intaglio techniques -- Intaglio print characteristics -- Photographic techniques and collagraph processes -- part 3. Lithography -- chapter 5. History of lithography -- Lithography techniques -- Materials and basic chemistry -- Preparing the stone or metal plate -- Inks and papers -- Printing -- Special lithographic techniques -- Photolithography

part 4. Serigraphy -- chapter 7. History of serigraphy -- chapter 8. Serigraphy techniques -- Materials and equipment -- Stencil making techniques -- Photographic techniques -- Printing -- part 5. Trends : processes/surfaces -- chapter 9. Expanded and applied techniques -- chapter 10. Papers, papermaking, curating of prints -- Papers and papermaking -- The curating of prints -- Appendix A : The chemistry of etching -- Appendix B : Steel facing -- Appendix C : Presses -- List of suppliers -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index -- Photographic sources