Printmaking History, Processes, and Artists

         Over hundreds of years, many different types of printmaking have been used. Printmaking originally began in China in the 800s AD. Etching in particular, has been a part of European art since the 1300's. In the 1700s, Asian printmaking started to become a popular form of art. Printmaking was used through the 1800s-1900s to make advertising posters and early editions of books and newspapers. Some different types of printmaking include woodblock, screen-printing or silk-screening, linotype, and etching. Woodblock is with using wood, screen-printing is using fabric, linotype is using linoleum, and etching is using metal. Each of these methods all make different effects on printmaking and how the final product looks.