Relief Printmaking Status Checking

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Part of the video series: Relief Printmaking Print Techniques

Summary: Checking the status of your print while relief printmaking will give you an idea of how the printing process is progressing. Learn how to check print status with expertise from a printmaker in this free printmaking video.

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By Francine Affourtit
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Francine Affourtit is a woodcut printmaker and has taught woodcut printmaking to children, adults and teachers for a number of years. Francine is new to Austin, TX, and can be reached...read more

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"Now that I have used my wooden spoon, and I have pressed over all the surface that I want to print, I'm going to take a peek. Just by keeping my hand on the print, I'm going to pull it back to see how it's going, and I can see that I'm getting a pretty good impression. So I'm going to pull my print off, and here we have my image. Now here we can see one of the most important things about print making to remember is that it is a mirror image. My block of wood next to my print gives you a really clear idea of that mirror image, and in this print in particular, since there is text, although it is in Italian, you can see how carving it in the mirror image is going to be very important for its final. Because this paper is very fibrous, you can see the fibers, it's picking up all of those details. These are elements that you can use to help enhance your print. If you want a more clean line, then you're going to want to use a paper that has less fibers, and is and is has a more clean surface. In this particular piece of paper, it is very textured, and it's transferring that texture into my print."