2011 Florence Workshop
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Students created the strong images below, none had made waterless lithographs before.
Megan Lewis, Helen Cameron, Linda Bottari, Annie Day, Di Brandt & Ruth Thompson hard at work
Prints above from multiple
plates made during weekend workshops at Warringah Printmakers Studio and Primrose Paper
Arts.
Left Matrouska doll by Megan Lewis, right landscape by Ruth Thompson
Prints from three practicing artists at the Art Vault, Mildura Victoria, workshop 2009
The plate is made of collaged materials, often on cardboard base. Painting and drawing into gesso, stripping back layers or incising are means of achieving texture and form. A variety of low relief textural materials that hold ink can be glued or painted onto the base plate. The plate becomes a very expressive and artistic way of developing a sensitive and textured print and is inked intaglio or relief, or a combination of both and printed on an etching press.
The plate is on the left above showing a textured surface and some incising and stripping back. The plate is then inked and the print is shown on the right.
The plate above has media glued to the surface, some stripping back and drawing into the textured gesso. The print has a heavily textured surface.
"Swirling Leaves" Annie Day, real leaves were inked separately and placed onto the base plate.
Jan Melville's "The Two
Sisters" the collagraph plate was constructed by painting gesso onto the board and
drawing into the surface to create lines.
Tones were achieved painting various media to the surface and selectively wiping
back the ink before printing.
Montage of collagraphs by Annie Day using various media.
This technique enables the artist to create a lithographic image in a swift and effortless manner. The procedure uses recycled aluminium offset plates and a silicone mixture to repel the ink instead of water as in the traditional method. The plates are "rolled up" with relief ink and printed on an etching press. The process is far less toxic to the printmaker than traditional lithography.
Above: Showing the four Waterless lithography plates in order of printing from top left to right plus the final print "Spring" by Annie Day. Annie added a few touches of watercolour to the finished print.
Helen Cameron's "Tea for One", the four plates are on the left. Helen took less than 3 hours to make all the plates and print a small edition of 7 on blue Magnani paper. Waterless Lithography is a swift and easy way to put your ideas onto paper.
Jan Melville's "Mythical Bird & Goddess Take a Voyage", a waterless lighograph created from 2 plates. Jan printed the coloured plate twice to get the final colour, before printing the key plate. Jan used hand made pineapple paper giving texture to the transparent colour on the print.
New Zealand artist, Evelyn Siegrist, created the artwork for these waterless lithographs in Photoshop from her lino-cuts. The technique is perfect for turning an old lino-cut into a crisp new plate. Evelyne flipped her images and changed the backgrounds to create completely new prints.