Master printmakers or master printers are specialized technicians who hand-print editions of an artist's or printmaker's print-based artwork. Master printmakers often own and/or operate their own printmaking studio or print shop. Business activities of a Master printshop may include: publishing and printing services, educational workshops or classes, mentorship of artists, and artist residencies.
Training for master printmakers varies by technique, geography, and culture. Master printmakers are almost always trained by other master printmakers. The
Tamarind Institute
Tamarind Institute is a lithography workshop created in 1970 as a division of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM, United States. It began as Tamarind Lithography Workshop, a California non-profit corporation founded by June Wayne on T ...
is one formal institution mandated to train master lithographers, located in New Mexico. In the 20th century in Britain there was a federation of master printers called the ''British Printing Industries Federation'', renamed the ''British Federation of Master Printers'' (BFMP) in the 1930s and then again renamed the ''British Printing Industries Federation'' in the 1970s.
Notable people in the US
Contemporary master printmakers
Historical master printmakers
See also
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List of printmakers
Key to Techniques: En = Engraver (includes Drypoint), Et = Etcher, Wo = Mezzotint, Mo = Monotype, Aq = Aquatint, Li = Lithography, We = Wood engraving, Sc = Screen-printing, St = Stipple, Di = digital.
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Old master print
An old master print is a work of art produced by a printing process within the Western tradition. The term remains current in the art trade, and there is no easy alternative in English to distinguish the works of "fine art" produced in printmakin ...
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International Print Center New York
International Print Center New York is a non-profit organization dedicated to the appreciation and understanding of fine art prints. It was founded by Anne Coffin and established in Chelsea, Manhattan, New York City in September 2000 as the only ...
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