relief printing

noun
UK /rɪˈliːf ˈprɪntɪŋ/
US /rɪˈliːf ˈprɪntɪŋ/

Relief printing is a way to make pictures by putting ink on the raised parts of a carved block and pressing it onto paper.

We made cards using relief printing with a potato and some paint.

SYNONYMS

block printingletterpresswoodcut printingstampingimprinting

RELATED WORDS

printmakingengravinglinocutinkcarving

OTHER MEANINGS

2. A printing method in which the image area is raised above the non-image area and receives the ink.

Relief printing includes techniques like woodcut and linocut.

3. The process of printing from a raised surface such as type or a carved block.

The old press used relief printing to produce the newspaper.

4. A general term for printmaking methods that transfer ink from a raised surface to paper.

Students learned relief printing by carving a design into a rubber block.