Stone lithography

The stone I used for my first lithography print representing a great decade.

Morh print in black and white on a lithography stone

Clubber, tusche wash on marble stone printed at La Ceiba Grafica @ceibagrafica #lithography #marble #print #printmaker #lithographer #litho…

Lithography is the art of printing from stone. The process was invented by Alois Senefelder in 1796, and the fundemental principles that he established have remained unchanged. By writing or drawing with a greasy ink on a specially prepared slab of limestone, the grease is absorbed by the stone and the image thus formed has an affinity for printing ink, while the remaining parts of the stone repel the ink as long as the surface is kept moist with water. Lithographic presses are cylinder…

Two "Stone" Lithography Printing Blocks

MOMENT '10-7 安井良尚 Yoshihisa Yasui <Lithography(1 stone plate) 68,3×53,0cm Izumi paper 2010>

View Le couple devant l'arbre By Chagall Marc; lithograph on paper; 12h, 9w; . Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt.

North Metro TAFE Visual Art on Instagram: “Amazing works coming from the print studio. Advanced Diploma are currently completing a print unit in stone lithography. Student Kyla is…”

Oldrich KULHANEK

Stone Lithography is a skill that I have always wanted to obtain, but from the outside, it seems closer to witchcraft than printmaking. Part of my long-term staff development at UCLan has been to learn the process & this was my first step on that journey.

Today artists use stone lithography to produce fine art prints but 150 years ago it was THE color-printing technology. It's an incredible art form. Take a photo-filled look at this fascinating process.

Printers working on a Rufino Tamayo stone, 1982. This is the largest lithography stone in history.

Lithography stone etched image by student from RMIT, lithography creates textures other printmaking techniques cannot.

MOMENT '15-12 安井良尚 Yoshihisa Yasui <Lithography(1 stone plate) 68,5×53,0cm Izumi paper 2015>

This is episode two of our non-toxic (low-toxic) stone lithography journey. In this episode we’re focused on graining a lithography stone and drawing a test stone. #stonelithography #lithography #nontoxicprintmaking #printmaking

Here is the drawing on the stone ready for washing out the gum etch. The Courses Stone lithography courses are organised several times a year both at weekends and on weekdays. They are suitable for artists with or without previous experience of printmaking . Typically, participants are art students, art teachers, college lecturers, serious amateurs and professional artists in other media. As the number of places on the courses is kept to a maximum of four, each participant is encouraged to…