The Printmaking Bible, Revised Edition: The Complete Guide to Materials and Techniques

This is one of the best books I have used for my printmaking and the research necessary to succeed!

I highly recommend. It covers all aspects and methods of printmaking clearly.

Pretty good for beginners learning about printmaking, a little disappointed with the lack of step by step( not at how to guide) but something that examples the process more.

This book has on the bests contemporary information about most printmaking techniques with good illustrations and images.

I originally found this text at the library. I was studying for my art teacher test. While reading I began creating lessons using information from the text. I love this book. There is so much good information, I wanted my own copy. I will probably buy a copy or two as gifts for my friends who enjoy printmaking.

The Printmaking Bible, Revised Edition: The Complete Guide to Materials and Techniques is a solid, serviceable reference that does a good job laying out the fundamentals of traditional printmaking. The book is clearly organized and covers a wide range of processes—relief, intaglio, lithography, and screenprinting—with enough technical explanation to be useful, especially for beginners or those returning to print after time away. The step-by-step descriptions and diagrams provide a dependable foundation, and the breadth of techniques included makes it a convenient single-volume overview. That said, the content feels a bit dated in places. Materials, studio practices, and workflow assumptions reflect an earlier era, with limited attention to newer emulsions, safer alternatives, hybrid digital processes, or contemporary studio setups. While the core techniques remain relevant, readers working in modern shops or looking for current best practices may find themselves supplementing this book with more up-to-date resources. Overall, it’s an okay reference—useful for fundamentals, but not fully reflective of how many printmakers work today.

I didn’t much like this book, and I returned it, which I rarely do. It’s more of a reference book, (fairly big and heavy) an overview of different types of printmaking, with bio’s of a number of printmakers. A lot of of the included examples are by the authors themselves. It’s worth taking a look at, if you can find it in a library or a classroom, but it’s a bit outdated, a bit dull, and not that easy to read. There are many more recent books on printmaking techniques available now that are more helpful, with better how-to instructions.

This printmaking guide and reference book has a lot of great information and also includes many gorgeous images of creaitve prints from different artisfs. Throughout are interviews with printmakers about their practice and inspirations. It is especially thorough if you're interested in intaglio printmaking. My main complaint is that the book is very heavily imbalanced in favour of intaglio methods, taking up nearly 200 of the 400 pages in the book. Relief printing also gets a fair section, while lithography, monotypes, screenprinting and digital feel like an afterthought. Some methods I would have liked additional attention given to: - Polyester Lithography (a guide would have been helpful). - Pochoir/Stencil (not necessarily screenprinted). Cyanotypes could also be mentioned. - Gel Plate Monotyping, which has become very popular. - Risography with connection to independent publishing arts. - Xerox art/scanography.