Printmaking: Understanding the Terminology

This research discuss about printmaking which always shows the conversational definition, meaning and practices as the remaking more than one production. Through the varieties of media, it has developed to create multiple images related with things that have block as marks or images on top of the surface. The images are produced by using block as a matrix and intermediary to convey the idea. As a dynamic medium in visual art, printmaking can be described in three ways, the visual language, medium and techniques. The aim of this research is to explore the meaning of print that widen the terminology and moving away from flat two-dimensional prints to three-dimensional prints. The method of this study will encompass an observation focuses on the development of printmaking in Malaysia which the term has adopted and practice by printmakers. By understanding the meaning, the printmaking terminology will provide alternative ways to develop, explore, search and learn other means of expression in making the artwork. As a printmaker, creating an artwork as a language for communication will be widely understood and at the same time does not sacrifice artistic merits of printmaking as a truly unique medium, in creating new experiences and possibilities.