Computer Numeric Control (CNC) devices are now being used as a means of developing new printmaking techniques. Radically different from digital print production (inkjet on high-quality paper), CNC printmaking uses laser cutting, waterjet cutting and CNC milling to produce plates and can be integrated with traditional methods, such as lithography and relief. This book establishes CNC printmaking as a distinct area of printmaking practice both technically and conceptually. It provides a comprehensive and accessible technical introduction, discusses the contexts within which CNC printmaking has arisen, and includes examples and case studies of artists applying CNC in their work. A chapter focuses on WesternWedge and the artwork of Barbara Foster and Jack Stone. A&C Black Publishers contracted Paul Catanese and Dr. Angela Geary to co-author this book due out in the Summer of 2011.

Barbara Foster and Jack Stone gave day-long demonstrations of printing strategies and techniques for large-scale woodcuts and large-scale waterjet-cut steel plates in the printmaking labs at at San Francisco State University.