Relief Printing

Relief Printing

The technique of etching or carving a negative of a design onto a printing plate. When ink is applied, and the plate is used to print, only the uncarved areas are transferred onto the surface.

When this technique is used, an artwork can be described as printed in relief.


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Parra's studio, with Parra at the centre, his back to the camera as he works on the large painting takes centre stage, showing a faceless blue woman in a striped dress, painted in red, purple, blue and teal. The studio is full of brightly coloured paints, with a large window on the right and a patterned rug across the floor under the painting.