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Printmaking techniques
Printmaking techniques are generally divided into four basic categories:
Relief
Ink is applied to the original surface of the matrix. Techniques include woodcut or woodblock (as the Asian forms are usually known), wood engraving, linocut and metalcut.
Intaglio
Ink is applied beneath the original surface of the matrix. Techniques include engraving, etching, mezzotint, aquatint, drypoint, and photogravure.
Planographic
The matrix retains its original surface, but is specially prepared and/or inked to allow for the transfer of the image. Techniques include lithography, monotyping, and digital techniques.
Stencil
Ink or paint is pressed through a prepared screen, including screenprinting and pochoir.
Other types of printmaking techniques outside these groups include collagraphy, viscosity printing, and foil imaging. Grant was particularly renowned for fusing these media — combining litho with silk-screen, silk-screen with etching, and often all three together.
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