Puzzle print
The puzzle printing is a technique of woodblock with which a multi-color printing by a single printing block is created.
process
For printing, the plate is cut or sawed like a puzzle , the individual parts are colored separately and reassembled into a printing block for the subsequent printing and then printed in one operation. This technique was used, for example, by the artists Edvard Munch and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner at the end of the 19th century.
literature
- Art lesson: high color printing, puzzle printing, Volume 124, ALS-Verlag, 1990
Web links
- Edvard Munch puzzle print example in the Städel Museum
- Description of the puzzle printing technique (PDF; 335 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Schematic representation of the technology
