Times of Malta 12/11/2014: Printmaking involves the creation of a pattern or image on a hard
object. The patterned object, known as the matrix, is then used to
transfer that pattern or image on a piece of paper and in this way
creates a print of that pattern or image. An original print is one
printed from a matrix on which the design was created by hand and issued
as part of a specific publishing task.
Throughout history, the most popular materials that have been used to
make the matrix have been wood, copper, steel and stone. However,
prints made from stone generally do not involve engraving and are more
accurately described as lithographs. These involve a printing process
based on the repulsion of water by tallow, wax or oil based materials
with which the...
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