Which printing method leaves ink-bearing areas raised, while the remaining areas are cut away?

Which printing method leaves ink-bearing areas raised, while the remaining areas are cut away?

• A. Intaglio
• B. Screen Printing
• C. Monotype
• D. Relief Printmaking

Answer: (D)

Relief printmaking works by keeping the image on the surface raised while carving away everything else. Those raised areas are ink-bearing, so when ink is applied and paper is pressed onto them, the ink transfers from the elevated surfaces to the paper, producing a print that reads in relief. This is the defining characteristic of relief printing, like in woodcuts and linocuts. Intaglio uses ink trapped in recessed grooves and prints from those valleys, not from raised areas. Screen printing pushes ink through a mesh stencil onto the surface, rather than from raised relief. Monotype creates a unique impression by painting on a plate and transferring it, which isn’t defined by raised versus cut-away areas.

Relief printmaking works by keeping the image on the surface raised while carving away everything else. Those raised areas are ink-bearing, so when ink is applied and paper is pressed onto them, the ink transfers from the elevated surfaces to the paper, producing a print that reads in relief. This is the defining characteristic of relief printing, like in woodcuts and linocuts.

Intaglio uses ink trapped in recessed grooves and prints from those valleys, not from raised areas. Screen printing pushes ink through a mesh stencil onto the surface, rather than from raised relief. Monotype creates a unique impression by painting on a plate and transferring it, which isn’t defined by raised versus cut-away areas.