Sarah Riley is Professor of Art and Head of Printmaking at the Holland School of the Visual and Performing Arts, Southeast Missouri State University, and is a regular guest lecturer at other institutions. Her own work has been widely exhibited and has received numerous honours, grants and awards.

Includes a broad range of illustrated examples to accompany the
step-by-step instructions and examples of inspirational finished pieces
by both the author and other contemporary printmakers

Acknowledgements
Introduction

1. Collagraphs and beyond
Print planning
Photocopy transfers
Drawing before printing
Making a collagraph plate
Preparing a cardboard base plate
Preparing a Perspex base plate
Techniques for building a collagraph plate
Sealing and finishing a plate
Printing a collagraph plate
Making a print registration package
Inking, wiping and printing the plate
Viscosity inking and variations
Further notes on printing
Cleaning the ink slab and tools

2. Monoprinting suggestions
Substrates
Using offset prints as guides
Printing a monoprint
Watercolour monoprints
Trace Monotypes

3. Chine collé, stencils and rainbow rolls
Chine collé
Stencils
Rainbow roll with stencils and chine collé

4. Drypoint
Preparing a Perspex (Plexiglas) plate for drypoint
Preparing copper plates for drypoint
Sharpening tools
Inking, wiping and printing drypoint plates

5. Relief printing
The relief print
Making a relief print
Inking
Printing the relief block
Drying prints

6. Polyester plate lithography
Imaging with a printer or photocopier
Halftone
Imaging a polyester plate autographically
Using toner tusche
Inking and preparation of a polyester litho plate
Using an etching press to print the polyester litho plate
The printing process
Cleaning the plate
Registration

7. Other directions

Glossary
Bibliography
Index