--- title: Printmaking description: Printmaking is the craft of producing images from a worked surface: relief methods like linocut and woodcut, intaglio etching, screen printing, and monotype. You will understand how each process works, what tools and inks it needs, and how to plan and pull clean editions. category: arts-design subcategory: creative-arts difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced url: /subject/printmaking --- # Printmaking Printmaking is the craft of producing images from a worked surface: relief methods like linocut and woodcut, intaglio etching, screen printing, and monotype. You will understand how each process works, what tools and inks it needs, and how to plan and pull clean editions. ## Where to start Start with the Handprinted Blog, free photographed step-by-step guides from a UK printmaking studio covering linocut, drypoint, collagraph, screen printing and monotype. If you only use one resource, make it The Complete Printmaker by John Ross, Clare Romano and Tim Ross, a paid studio manual long used as a college textbook. For etching and other intaglio methods, continue with Crown Point Press: Ways of Making Fine Art Prints. ## Available Resources 2 Books • 5 Websites ## Podcasts ### 1. The Print Cast **Author:** Nick Naughton Interview podcast in which printmaker Nick Naughton talks with contemporary printmakers, letterpress and screen printers, foil stampers and bookbinders about their processes, studios and businesses. Offers practical technique tips and a view of how working print artists sustain a practice. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** en | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://theprintcast.com **Tags:** printmaking, letterpress, screen-printing, bookbinding, print-studio ## Websites ### 1. Laura Boswell: Tips and Guides for Linocut and Japanese Woodblock **Author:** Laura Boswell Free video demonstrations and written guides from a full-time UK relief printmaker: the #linowithlaura reduction linocut series, fine-detail carving, inking and registration methods, and an introduction to Japanese water-based woodblock (mokuhanga) practice. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.lauraboswell.co.uk/resourcel.php **Tags:** linocut, reduction-printing, mokuhanga, japanese-woodblock, relief-printmaking ### 2. Handprinted Blog: Printmaking Technique Guides Several hundred photographed step-by-step tutorials from a UK printmaking supplier and teaching studio, covering linocut (including reduction and jigsaw methods), drypoint, collagraph, screen printing, monotype, ink comparisons, and paper choices, with honest side-by-side materials tests. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://handprinted.co.uk/blogs/blog **Tags:** linocut, drypoint, collagraph, screen-printing, monotype, printmaking-materials ### 3. UNSW Making Centre: Printmaking Learning Resources Open teaching resources from UNSW Art & Design's print workshop, organized by process: introduction to printmaking, intaglio, relief, lithography, and monoprinting, plus recommended materials lists. Written as the technical backbone for the university's studio printmaking courses. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.making.unsw.edu.au/making-centre/learnresources/printmaking-learning-resources/ **Tags:** intaglio, relief-printing, lithography, monoprinting, studio-printmaking ### 4. Crown Point Press: Ways of Making Fine Art Prints Process guides from the San Francisco press that led the American etching revival, explaining the four printing methods and detailing intaglio techniques — etching, aquatint, drypoint, engraving, soft ground — with master-printer tips and videos of artists working in the studio. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://crownpoint.com/process/ **Tags:** etching, aquatint, intaglio, drypoint, engraving ### 5. r/printmaking Community Wiki Community-maintained FAQ from the largest printmaking forum online, answering the questions beginners actually hit: which lino and carving tools to buy, ink types, printing without a press, safety, and pointers into technique-specific guides and suppliers. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.reddit.com/r/printmaking/wiki/index **Tags:** beginner-printmaking, linocut, carving-tools, printing-inks, printmaking-faq ## Books ### 1. The Complete Printmaker: Techniques, Traditions, Innovations **Author:** John Ross, Clare Romano & Tim Ross Classic studio manual walking through more than forty-five printmaking methods — etching, engraving, lithography, relief, collagraph, screen print, and monotype — with 600 illustrations, workshop practice, edition printing, and print-collecting context. Long used as a college printmaking textbook. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0029273722?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** printmaking-techniques, etching, lithography, relief-printing, collagraph, screen-printing ### 2. The Printmaking Bible, Revised Edition: The Complete Guide to Materials and Techniques **Author:** Ann d'Arcy Hughes & Hebe Vernon-Morris 416-page reference covering relief, intaglio, lithography, screen printing, and monoprint with step-by-step technique instructions, over 1,000 photographs, troubleshooting sections, and interviews with working printmakers. The 2023 revision adds roughly 25% new and updated content. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/1797221604?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** printmaking-reference, relief-printing, intaglio, lithography, screen-printing, monoprint --- *This content is part of Dantes.io - Your Treasure Map to Knowledge* *Curated by humans at Dantes.io. Personal study use welcome; republishing this curation requires permission (team@dantes.io).* View this page online: https://dantes.io/subject/printmaking