Art Exhibit featuring Kristin Lindseth's Printmaking

If you missed Kristin Lindseth’s Printmaking Demo on June 1st, you can view the video here: Printing Making by Kristin Lindseth

There are many techniques used in Printmaking. It’s the artistic process of transferring images from a prepared surface onto another material such as paper or cloth. This allows production of multiple copies of artwork. There’s Relief printing, woodcut,

Stamping, Linocut, and Planographic using chemicals and Lithography using oil and water. There’s Stencil Printing, many of us have tried, and the familiar Silk screening.

There are more techniques, but Kristin’s work is the process of Intaglio which is the opposite of relief. Intaglio uses incising, etching, engraving or dry point. It’s a very old method dating back to 1430 in Germany.

These Intaglio techniques are generally used on a metal surface, applying ink across the plate surface and then it’s wiped off leaving ink in the grooves. The metal plate and

paper are then run through a high-pressure press and Walla!. Sounds simple, but there are many time taking steps using all techniques, but the process yields beautiful copies for many to enjoy. This exhibit in Printmaking is a do not miss as many of us are unfamiliar with this medium.

Kristin’s work always draws us in since she is well rounded in all her art forms from sculpture, painting, assemblage, and of course printmaking among other mediums. She is well known in the art world and as an influential instructor in many art mediums. You get to enjoy her print work for 3 months running so make time to do so.