Tools and techniques of printmaking
Exhibition
14 Apr 2007 – 1 Jul 2007
14 Apr 2007 – 1 Jul 2007
![Black and white print of man in front of wire fence looking up at the southern cross](https://media.nga.gov.au/kSrxJC2TeoVHFrdT7wItV3By0AQ=/237x91:1343x1836/1600x0//national-gallery-of-australia/media/dd/images/print_.b9cf8c1.jpg)
Ludwig Hirschfeld Mack, Desolation, Internment camp, Orange, N.S.W., 1941, Gift of Olive Hirschfeld 1979
About
Designed to support The story of Australian printmaking from 1801–2005, this exhibition in the children's gallery displays materials and tools used by artists to create a variety of prints. Etchings, relief prints, lithographs and screenprints selected from the Australian print collection are exhibited with relevant tools and materials. Informative wall texts, extended labels and videos describe the processes explored by printmakers today and in the past.