 | Stone Lithograph: An image is drawn or painted with a greasy
substance on a limestone slab. The stone is treated to
accept ink in certain areas only, inked with a roller,
and printed on a lithography press.
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| Original Lithograph: The printing process is the same as a stone
lithograph but the substrate is an aluminum plate or
mylar, which is then transferred to a plate for printing.
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| Etching: The image is cut into a plate by acid and ink is rubbed
into the remaining incised area. Paper
is laid over the inked plate and printed under very high
pressure on an Intaglio press.
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| Engraving: The image is scratched into a metal
plate then inked and printed like an etching.
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| Serigraph: A silk screen printing process using stencils adhered to
silk or nylon mesh through which ink is pushed by a squeegee.
The ink is laid down in a separate layer for each color. Some serigraphs have
many layers, while others have only a few. Some inks are transparent, others
opaque, resulting in very different effects.
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| Collograph: An image is created by building up a
three dimensional surface with such materials as mat board, cloth,
sand, wood, or putty. The surface is then inked by rubbing ink into the
textured surface.
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| Monotype: The image is created by painting on a Plexiglas or metal
surface with printer's ink and printing a single copy on an Intaglio press.
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| Woodcut or linoleum cut: An image is
created by carving a negative image into a block of wood or
linoleum. The surface is inked with a brayer and printed on a relief
press or an Intaglio press.
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| Serilith: A mixed media process combining hand-drawn lithography
and hand-drawn serigraphy. |
| Giclee': (pronounced "gee clay") Probably the
latest type of art. It is a computer generated continuous tone
reproduction printed on a printer
which sprays micro fine drops of ink. Generally the quality and luminosity of
the art is excellent. However, it is often more fragile than other methods and
requires careful handling and framing techniques.
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| Posters: Four color process lithographic reproduction of a painting
usually with type on or around the image. The quality of
the paper varies from very inexpensive to quite substantial.
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| Canvas Transfer: A reproduction that has been adhered to canvas
usually by removing the surface layer containing the color from a lithograph
or poster.
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| Limited Edition Lithograph: A lithographic print
produced in a finite number of reproductions. Each one is generally signed and
numbered by the artist. The upper number refers to the specific print, the
lower number indicates the total number produced.
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| Offset Lithograph: Four color process done on an offset press.
Usually done as a poster
or limited edition print.
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| Chromalith Replica: A continuous tone reproduction with hand drawn
touch colors, using both serigraphy and lithography.
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| Imprint: A dot matrix reproduction with hand drawn touch colors,
sometimes with hand work by the artist.
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| Collotype: A gelatin based plate producing a continuous tone
reproduction.
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| Repligraph: A photographic fused film technology producing an image
on canvas.
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| Litho Serigraph: A mixed media reproduction using four-color
process separations as a base with hand drawn silk screen touch colors added.
Often done in a Limited Edition |
