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printmaking

Activity or occupation of making prints from plates or blocks

Instance of: economic activity
Subclass of: artistic technique
, process
, type of arts

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Printmaking is the process of creating artworks by printing, normally on paper, but also on fabric, wood, metal, and other surfaces. "Traditional printmaking" normally covers only the process of creating prints using a hand-processed technique, rather than a photographic reproduction of a visual artwork which would be printed using an electronic machine ; however, there is some cross-over between traditional and digital printmaking, including risograph.

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Practiced by: printmaker
Product or material produced: print
Different from: printing technique

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