lithograph prints by loaded hips press
Loaded Hips Press creates handmade cards and other unique works of art using a couple of methods, hand-carved from blocks of linoleum (handmade one-of-a-kind lithographic transfer prints) and printed using a C+P letterpress (hand-carved from blocks of linoleum and printed using a C+P letterpress, onto acid-free archival paper). All printed text is handset type, also printed on a letterpress. More more info on the processes please go to the website and check it out.
I like their philosophy: Now that television and computers have saturated our lives with images, we’ve become removed from the process of creating them. Hopefully these cards will inspire you to think more about the value of handmade things, and maybe even to create something that is uniquely your own.
[link comes via dear ada]
February 23rd, 2007 at 2:18 am
Do you mean linocut prints? Because lithographs are NOT printed on a letterpress, and generally don’t look like the image you posted, which does look like a linocut or some other sort of relief print. Lithographs are printed using a resist method, and are named such because you use big slabs of limestone to make the prints (litho=stone).
After getting a degree in printmaking, I’ve become something of a print fascist.
-Camilla
February 23rd, 2007 at 5:23 am
Hi Camilla,
I have added some information to make the processes clearer, please check out the site for more information.
February 24th, 2007 at 12:08 pm
Hi, I’m the artist of the print. Sorry for any confusion! You’re right, the image pictured wasn’t printed on a letterpress. There’s a cool way to ink up a regular xerox (won’t work with an inkjet) using a dab of gum arabic and rolling out ink on the xerox just like a stone and printing it with lots of pressure on a lithopress. So, that is what’s pictured. I layered several xeroxes of old matchbook covers.
But, to clear things up, the majority of the art on the site are linocuts, printed with a clamshell tabletop letterpress. Thanks for giving me the oppurtunity to geek out on printmaking techniques! I’m honored to be on the site.