Printmaking: Mould as an Alternative Artwork

Abstract

Printmaking is conventionally known as two-dimensional art produced through varieties of media and technique to create multiple images. It is related with the matrix such as block, plate, and screen in order to make more than one production. The aim of this study is to produce artwork based on the exploration of three-dimensional elements and move away from flat two-dimensional prints. The images produced by using a cupcake mould in the food industry as the block to convey the idea as a dynamic medium in visual art where printmaking can be described by three-dimensional visual language, medium, and also techniques. Understanding the meaning of printmaking terminology will provide alternative ways to develop, explore, and create an artwork using various approaches by combining print technique and other art disciplines such as sculpture and ceramics by casting method using various types of cupcake moulds and displaying them in an artistic way.