| Author(s) | Collection number | Pages | Download abstract | Download full text |
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| Дрімайло М. М., Khamula O. H. | № 2 (71) | 240-250 |
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The article reviews and analyzes the process of making printmaking printing plates for prints in Polish academic workshops, in particular as a component of art education and professional study of graphic artists.
The historical prerequisites for the formation of the Polish school of intaglio printing from the 18th century are described, when the techniques of copperplate, etching, and aquatint were adapted from Western Europe in Poland, forming an academic culture of graphics. The role of the art academies of Krakow, Warsaw, and Lodz in the development of methodological approaches to teaching is outlined.
The study was conducted by observing the work of the intaglio printing graphic workshop of the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz, with an analysis of the process of making forms and technological operations. The characteristics of materials, technologies and equipment used in the process of making intaglio printing forms are given: copper, zinc plates; acid-resistant etching varnishes; nitric acid and ferric chloride; etching cabinets and cabinets for aquatint; etching machines. The use of non-toxic modern materials.
The pedagogical features of the polish academic school of graphics are described - the training system, an individual approach to student training within the framework of studying artistic intaglio printing. Formation of students’ skills in making forms, culture of work in a graphic workshop. Combining traditional methods of making intaglio printing forms with modern technologies, using digital technologies.
The sequence of processes for making forms is described, from the selection and preparation of plates to printing the image. The structure of the organization of the workshops and its influence on the process of making forms is highlighted: zoning of space; technical support, the work of the master and assistant of the workshop.
Keywords: Polish printmaking, etching, artist, intaglio, printing form.
doi: 10.32403/1998-6912-2025-2-71-240-250
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