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Relief Printing
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Relief Printing
A way to print paper in which the image is raised from the printing plate. This contrasts with gravure printing, in which the image is carved into the plate's surface.


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The 120 engravings and other relief prints on show have been selected from open submissions to illustrate fresh ideas as well as recognise traditional skills.
Students learn that a relief print can be made from different plates, such as a piece of wood, rubber, linoleum or plastic, and that sharp tools are used to cut away areas of the plate.
Because the Egyptians were the first to use relief prints to produce designs in numbers, there was an inherent parallel between the past and the printmaking work we would be doing.
 
 
 
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