ENGRAVING

The art forming designs by cutting, corrosion by acids, a photographic

process, etc …, on the surface of a metal plate, block of wood, linoleum,

or the like, for or as for the purpose of taking off impressions or prints

of the design so formed

MATERIALS OF THE ENGRAVING

THE LINOLEUM

Linoleum :

hard, washable floor covering formed by

coating burlap or canvas

with linseed oil, powdered cork, and rosin,

using sometimes for engraving

MATERIALS OF THE ENGRAVING

U-gouge - tool used for

carving (usually printing

blocks); blade point is

shaped like a “U”

Veiner - tool used for

carving; blade point is

shaped like a “V”

Vocabulary:

•Blade : cuchilla

•U-gouge: gubia

•Veiner: gubia

U- GOUGE

MATERIALS OF THE ENGRAVING

Vocabulary:

ROLLERS or BRAYERS : rodillos

BRAYERS :

a small roller for inking type

by hand

Roller a cylindrical body, revolving on a fixed

axis, especially one to facilitate the movement

of something passed over or around it

ROLLERS

. TECHNIQUE OF LINOLEUM

LINOLEUM ENGRAVING, also

called LINOCUT is a printmaking technique.

A design is cut into the linoleum surface with a

sharp knife, u-gouge, with the raised uncarved

areas representing a reversal (mirror image) of

the parts to show printed. The linoleum sheet

is inked with a roller (called a brayer), and

then impressed onto paper .The actual printing

can be done by hand or with a press.

Vocabulary:

To carve: tallar, esculpir, grabar.

TECHNIQUE OF LINOLEUM

Vocabulary:

•TO INK: entintar

•INKED: entintado

To ink:

to mark, coat, or stain with ink.

. TECHNIQUE OF ENGRAVING LINOLEUM

STAMPING

•The act or process of impressing

•The art, process, or business of

producing printed material by

means of inked type and a printing

press or by similar means, like a

roller.

Vocabulary:

Stamp: estampar o calcografiar

Press or printing press:

tórculo, o prensa calcográfica

•A mark produced on a surface

by pressure.

TECHNIQUE OF LINOLEUM

DISEÑOS

Use of line or shape

EXAMPLES

TECHNIQUE OF LINOLEUM

Use of Colour

EXAMPLES

ENGRAVING BY ARTIST

A. Durero XV -XVI

H. Matisse XX

F. Goya XVIII- XIX