Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

collograph

Spanish translation:

colografía

Added to glossary by fionn
Sep 18, 2012 22:17
11 yrs ago
English term

collograph

English to Spanish Art/Literary Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting art works
In an elementary school art curriculum, students need to learn the following vocabulary: sculpture, 2D, 3D, collograph, printmaking, brayer, plate, ink, landscape, foreground, proportion, balance, "aesthitics," etc.

I looked up "collograph" in google and understand that it is a method of making things with various types of materials. You could have cardboard or chipboard for your "plate," or it could be copperplate, etc. You can use scraps of material, foil, dried food, etc. Then you can do something more with it such as ink and press it.

Is there a word in Spanish for this? Or do I just have to leave it in English with an explanation?

Maybe it's a collage graph (my invention)! Una plancha de arte usando varios tipos de materiales al estilo collage?
Proposed translations (Spanish)
5 +3 colografía
Change log

Sep 20, 2012 18:26: fionn Created KOG entry

Discussion

MollyRose (asker) Sep 19, 2012:
ok I had looked up colografía in RAE and it didn't have that word. I suppose I should have done a bit more research in google instead of posting here. Sometimes we just have to use words that don't show up in RAE.

Proposed translations

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colografía

A collograph (like collage) comes from French 'coller' - to stick. The difference from a collage is that once you have made your composition of textured materials you create a print by inking it and passing it through a press. In Spanish it is simply called a 'colografía'.
Example sentence:

"La Colografía es una técnica de impresión en relieve en la que se incorporan elementos texturados que se adhieren a la plancha antes de entintar y pasar la imagen al papel."

Peer comment(s):

agree Charles Davis
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agree Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
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agree Diana Falcón
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks, everyone. I'll use this, even though it isn't in RAE."
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