Professional skills
Lithography registration
Workshop
Crack on the stone lithography
workshop
Paper and colour exploring
Workshop
Phosphoric acid for getting rid of ink
Workshop
Lithography registration
When I started drawing the second stone, I learned that registration of two stone images to print into layers. At first, it was hard to imagination of how to manage different size stones getting a bar or cross in the same location. I try to think repeatedly and follow steps of teaching to figure.
- cutting paper in suitable size
- make bar and cross in the opposite side of stones
- craving the line on the surface
- print first layer in all preparing paper
- dry the prints
- follow the bar and print second layer
Crack on the stone lithography
My print Your Beard 6 got a scratch from stone itself, which became a visible crack after first etched. In order to avoiding the crack be printed on the paper, I used French chalk cover it after completing rolling up ink. This step was a job needed concentration and very pay attention on as French chalk was only for crack but not to influence drawing.
Paper and colour exploring
During unit 2, I explored colour lithography and verity colour of Japanese paper, tracing paper and glassine paper. The making process was interesting and could how to transfer colour on the stone. Especially looking at same image on different texture paper and considering for a comparison. At a result, the serious of glassine paper are my favourite.
Phosphoric acid for getting rid of ink
I explored scale of stone lithography in this unit as well. When it getting more bigger, rolling up with even ink is becoming harder. In the beginning, I got different tone black on the surface and prefer to get rid of it and roll up again.
- A bowl of fresh water and clean sponge
- Drop a little bit phosphoric acid in the water
- Wipe it o the area which need to be removed ink
- Clean water to wipe the stone
- roll the ink up
