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printmaker

noun (a printmaker, printmakers)

«printmaker» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

An artist who makes pictures by printing, such as woodcuts, lino prints, etchings or screen prints. tree →

In the lessons

An art word: in art lessons children are printmakers when they make lino or polystyrene prints, using ink and rollers. Famous printmakers include Albrecht Dürer and Katsushika Hokusai (The Great Wave).

Examples

  • Hokusai was a famous Japanese printmaker. tree →
  • The printmaker carved a design into the wood. tree →
  • Today we are printmakers, using polystyrene tiles. tree →
  • A printmaker can make many copies of one picture. tree →
  • The printmaker rolled ink onto the lino. tree →
  • We visited a printmaker's studio. tree →

Note

Countable; one word. Related: printmaking (uncountable), print (noun and verb).

On Mova

This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/printmaker/