Printmaking is an artistic process in which images are created by transferring ink from a prepared surface—such as a carved block, etched plate, or screen—onto paper or other materials. With roots in early woodblock printing traditions in East Asia and later developments in Europe, printmaking became an important medium for artistic experimentation and the wider circulation of images. The practice encompasses several techniques, including relief processes like woodcut and linocut, intaglio methods such as etching, engraving, and aquatint, as well as lithography and screen printing.

Western artists such as Albrecht Dürer, Francisco Goya, and Pablo Picasso expanded the expressive and technical possibilities of the medium through innovative approaches to line, texture, and serial imagery. In India, printmaking gained renewed prominence in the 20th century through artists like Somnath Hore, Krishna Reddy, and K. G. Subramanyan, who explored the medium’s tactile and experimental qualities. 

Read—Intaglio Simultaneous Color Printmaking by Krishna Reddy