About the Artist
Jasper Johns has been a central figure in modern and contemporary art since the 1950s. Born in Augusta, Georgia, and raised in South Carolina, Johns w...
Jasper Johns Printmaking Workshop
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As part of the Jasper Johns: Variations on a Theme at The Phillips Collection, master printer and professor Scip Barnhart demonstrated to visitors the following printmaking processes: intaglio, lithography, and silkscreen in a workshop adjacent to the exhibition. Inspired by Johns’s imagery, Barnhart also created for the workshop a lithographic stone and an etching plate and lent a c. 1900 Fuchs and Lang press and printing materials from etching needles and plates to inks and a silkscreen. Barnhart’s demonstration was filmed to offer a behind- the-scenes look at the printmaking process.
Silkscreen or Screenprinting
Silkscreen or screenprinting has its roots in wall decoration, ceramics, and fabrics produced by ancient cultures. In the 1850’s, the Japanese develop...
Lithography
Lithography is based on the chemical process that grease and water repel each other. A greasy medium is used to draw on a prepared lithographic printi...
Intaglio
Intaglio uses metal plates into which lines have been incised; it includes engraving, drypoint, etching, mezzotint, and aquatint. The ink is pressed i...