Printmaking

Lotta Prints: How to Print with Anything, from Potatoes to Linoleum

Beloved Scandinavian designer Lotta Jansdotter shows how easy it is to print patterns on all sorts of surfaces. Using stencils, rubber stamps, homemade screens, and other easy techniques, the projects and processes range from simple prints easy for beginners to more involved projects for experienced artists. Stencil leaves on the walls, stamp flowers on wrapping paper, screen-print on a skirt the sky's the limit. Beautiful photographs inspire while step-by-step instructions and illustrations explain the basics. Plus, Lotta has included eight ready-to-use stencil pages with hand-drawn patterns, so crafters can easily achieve her signature style. Our innovative format, with perforated stencil sheets and a catchall envelope at back, makes this a fantastic resource for any aspiring printer.

Print Liberation: The Screen Printing Primer

Print Liberation is a comprehensive DIY guide to screen printing for both novice crafters as well as experienced artists. The book begins by giving readers a brief history of screen-printing while outlining the basic principles of the process including the equipment and tools needed to get started. Step-by-step instructions accompanied by full-color photographs show readers the various methods for making great screen prints and tips on how to avoid screen-printing mistakes. Information about printing on various surfaces from wallpaper to t-shirts, cylinders and more gives readers a general understanding of the various applications for screen-printing and solid information on how to turn their screen prints into a personal art or business. Bonus sample images formatted for screen-printing are included for readers to use in their own screen prints.

The Dore Illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy

The Dore Bible Illustrations

Women: A Pictorial Archive from Nineteenth-Century Sources (Dover Pictorial Archives)

Dore's Illustrations for "Paradise Lost" (Dover Pictorial Archives)

Collagraphs: And Mixed Media Printmaking (Printmaking Handbooks (PH))

Collagraphs are prints made from collages; relief sculptures; carved, stripped, or layered plates; or mixed media. In this book, the authors describe a wide range of collagraph techniques, providing the user with practical help on the choice of materials and printing methods to achieve the best results.

Looking at Indian Art of the Northwest Coast

Hokusai's Mount Fuji: The Complete Views in Color

This complete collection of HokusaiÂ’s famous views of Mount Fuji is the only high-quality reproduction of these engravings, long considered the Japanese masterÂ’s greatest works. Taken from the best engravings available and shown in splendid color, this authoritative volume is the first of its kind since 1830. HokusaiÂ’s influence extended far beyond Japan, even to French Impressionists including Degas, Monet, and Toulouse-Lautrec. Each illustration is accopmanied by detailed notes placing the work in its cultural and historical context and exploring the symbolic themes running through HokusaiÂ’s landscapes.

Home Screen Printing Workshop: Do It Yourself Techniques, Design Ideas, and Tips for Graphic Prints