Relief Printmaking Registration Testing

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Part of the video series: Relief Printmaking Print Registration

Summary: Testing the registration marks in relief printmaking will determine the accuracy of each print. Learn how to test registration marks 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 I've re-inked the block of wood in a deeper color, so I'm going to test my registration. I will, basically what I'm attempting to do is place this piece of paper over this block in exactly the same place I initially had it. In order to do that I'm going to go back to my jig and my registration marks. So first I'm going to line up my piece of paper onto the initial outline that I have. This is not a good measure, I want to definitely use my registration marks as my exact measure. This is just to help me get into position. Now, I need to match up my registration marks perfectly in order for this to work. So I'm going to move this paper over until I can see that that mark matches up perfectly. That it looks like one continuous line. I'm going to do the same thing over here, meaning I need to move this over just a touch. Here, I'm on mark. Check this again. And when all three of these positions look like a single, continuous line, then I have pretty well registered my piece of paper and I'm ready to press."

eHow Article: Relief Printmaking Registration Testing