Print Processes & Clasifications
Prints are classified according to the type of surface used to make them. These have historically been divided into three groups: Intaglio, Relief and Planographic. Each process is complex, frequently used in combination with another and continually refined and adapted. Many artists develop approaches that move between, or sit outside, these categories.
Relief
Printed from raised surfaces : woodcut, linocut, letterpress and wood engraving.
Intaglio
Printed from incised plates: mezzotint, carborundum, etching, engraving, drypoint, and aquatint.
Planographic
Printed from flat surfaces: lithography, screenprint, monoprint, digital, cyanotype and stencil.
Other Processes
Includes chine collé, collograph, photomechanical and 3d print.