Above is an example of a stone Lithograph print. I did this while in college. The second picture is an example of the correct way to label it. These types of prints show a space around the actual print when it is matted. Although the whole process could be quite frustrating, I absolutely loved doing these prints. The image was actually drawn onto a stone the exact size of the print. We used a grease pencil to do it. Since the stones were very heavy, I had to get the class assistant to help carry it from one place to another. After the drawing was finished, there was a process to prepare the stone for printing. The stone was inked and then ran through a hand cranked press. The press was humoungous and it was hard to crank it. Thus, you have a hand pulled print. The whole process is a little more involved than all of that, but you get the basics.
The above picture is an example of another type of hand pulled print. The drawing was hand engraved onto a metal plate and then printed through a hand cranked printing press. The metal plate was much lighter than the stone. I am not postivie that we used the same press for this. I did not like this process as much. Mainly because the hand engraving did not feel like drawing or painting to me. It seemed more tedious. I do like the way the print turned out though.
Next are a few examples of prints which were scanned and printed on a printer:
Both of these prints were made from original watercolors, scanned, and then printed on a printer. Someone else actually did the dirty work on these for me.
Next time, I will write a little bit about photography. :-)
