Comments on: lithograph prints by loaded hips press http://whipup.net/2007/02/22/lithograph-prints-by-loaded-hips-press/ handcraft in a hectic world Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:39:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Shannon http://whipup.net/2007/02/22/lithograph-prints-by-loaded-hips-press/#comment-64109 Shannon Sat, 24 Feb 2007 05:08:59 +0000 http://whipup.net/2007/02/22/lithograph-prints-by-loaded-hips-press/#comment-64109 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. 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.

]]> By: admin http://whipup.net/2007/02/22/lithograph-prints-by-loaded-hips-press/#comment-63289 admin Thu, 22 Feb 2007 22:23:05 +0000 http://whipup.net/2007/02/22/lithograph-prints-by-loaded-hips-press/#comment-63289 Hi Camilla, I have added some information to make the processes clearer, please check out the site for more information. Hi Camilla,
I have added some information to make the processes clearer, please check out the site for more information.

]]> By: Camilla Taylor http://whipup.net/2007/02/22/lithograph-prints-by-loaded-hips-press/#comment-63224 Camilla Taylor Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:18:25 +0000 http://whipup.net/2007/02/22/lithograph-prints-by-loaded-hips-press/#comment-63224 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 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

]]>