Printmakers engrave or etch metal, wood, rubber or other materials to create images which are transported onto surfaces, generally using a printing press. Printmakers often use tools such as etcher-circuit processors, pantograph engravers, and silk screen etchers.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Conceiving and developing ideas, designs and styles for paintings, drawings and sculptures;
(b) Arranging objects, positioning models, and selecting landscapes and other visual forms according to chosen subject matter;
(c) Selecting artistic media, method and materials;
(d) Creating representational or abstract three-dimensional or relief forms by shaping, carving and working and combining materials such as, wood, stone, clay, metal, ice or paper;
(e) Creating representational or abstract drawings and paintings using pencils, ink, chalk, oil paints, water colours or through the application of other techniques;
(f) Creating drawings and engraving or etching them on metal, wood, or other materials;
(g) Creating cartoons to depict persons and events, often in caricature;
(h) Restoring damaged, soiled and faded paintings and other art objects.