registration

printing

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colour woodcut

  • Mary Cassatt: Woman Bathing
    In printmaking: Colour woodcut

    The registering system depends on the method of printing used. On a press the registering presents no problem: the wood block is locked into position and the uniformly cut paper is automatically fed into the proper position by the press. For hand rubbing, several registering methods…

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intaglio printing

  • Mary Cassatt: Woman Bathing
    In printmaking: Intaglio colour printing

    …with intaglio colour printing is registering the successive colours in their precise location. If the colours can be printed immediately, wet on wet, then it is relatively simple, but often this is not possible. If the first plate has high relief and is overprinted while wet, the second plate will…

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