Artist prints are a wonderful way of bringing your favourite pieces of artwork into your own home. Printmaking is a very ancient practice. The first record of printmaking was in Mesopotamia; round seals were used to make markings in clay tablets. Can you believe that was before 3000 BCE? Printmaking has undergone a lot of different processes since then and is still widely celebrated today. From woodblocks, etchings, screen printing to digital press and 3D printing, it’s a beautiful way to express the meaning of a piece.

At Magic Pony, we have a variety of artists who create prints and posters with a wide range of processes. Here’s a quick highlight:

Jamiyla Lowe’s intricate line work is showcased in this Bike Gang Glow-in-the-Dark Silkscreen print. Silk screening is where ink is pushed through a stencil against the paper. Lowe has used only five colours including subtle glow-in-the-dark paint; it creates an element of dark humor in this piece.

Alicia Nauta’s Offering to Mt. Pleasant is a beautiful, red risograph print. Risograph printers were released in Japan in 1986. The system is similar to a photocopier but, the inside of the machine is completely different! One colour is printed at a time which creates beautifully layered effects.

FriendsWithYou prints always make us smile, get captured in their world with this Make A Wish Archival print. Digital printing is a very new and experimental form of printmaking that first came about in 1993. FriendsWithYou communicates their positive vision through characters, graphic forms & playful colours.

There are many techniques to printmaking, it is one of the most important inventions in history; for both the spread of literacy and the distribution of art. Fill your life with all of these amazing artists works and discover new prints in our Art Print section on magic-pony.com.