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Flaming-Scorpion — To Boldly Go

Published: 2012-10-23 17:34:53 +0000 UTC; Views: 698; Favourites: 42; Downloads: 0
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Description a lithography print.
size: 9x12

I'm thinking of selling copies of this! Message me somehow on DA if interested. notes or comments are fine.
The copies are all hand printed on Stonehenge (cotton based) paper. I have a variety on white paper and on slightly grayer paper.
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Description from my tumblr post at MeghaDee.tumblr.com :

"This was probably my favorite..and most nerve wracking printing process. Nerve wracking only because I was worried that somehow things might go wrong with the base I was drawing on (apparently it’s very sensitive to humidity and temperature changes) and that we would be printing with heavy (and expensive) machinery (did I mention expensive?).

I kind of combined the style of late 18th century prints with J.C. Leyendecker and then my own twist on things. I’m very comfortable and patient with pen and ink, and it is one of my most preferred mediums (which is why this will likely end up being my favorite process).

I can’t explain the process, but I can tell you why it’s cool. Basically, you draw with special pens (sharpies and BIC CRYSTAL ink pens, to be exact, it has to do with the chemistry of the ink) on special paper. You then dampen the paper and ink it with a roller, and SOMEHOW, through the magic of science, the ink only sticks to the areas that have been drawn with the pen. This means you can pretty much do as detailed or as simple as a drawing as you want, and if everything goes right…reproduce it over and over again. It’s a lot more detailed than that, but you can catch my drift.

As for the topic, I just threw some things that I liked together. Space, sexy gents, sexy studies, fancy furniture, science, intelligence, and did I mention space?
I also watched roundabout 12 Star Trek (the original series) episodes while working on this. "
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Comments: 7

Cnids [2012-10-23 19:24:22 +0000 UTC]

So this is plate lithography as opposed to stone? I'm not super familiar with the technique (only done stone personally) but it looks fantastic for capturing detail. How did your prints hold up across the edition? Did you get filling in or anything?

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Flaming-Scorpion In reply to Cnids [2012-10-23 20:48:55 +0000 UTC]

this is a stone lithography! Sorry I'm not super clear on wording (I'm only in printmaking 1)

The first two prints I did had some lack of inking issues near the corners of the 'space' areas (particularly the top left). Or in..maybe clearer words, it wasn't black enough. However, once I noticed that I was able to fix it easily just by rolling more ink with a heavier hand in that area. There was six in the edition, and the following six after the initial first two proofs remained near identical. There was some very slight filling, but it is fairly difficult to see. I think this print shows the most filling that was ever present in the edition.

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Cnids In reply to Flaming-Scorpion [2012-10-24 01:36:59 +0000 UTC]

Wow that's crazy; I didn't know you could use things like pens and sharpies on a litho stone; I've only used those grease pencils and they suck for details.

You've done awesome work!

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Flaming-Scorpion In reply to Cnids [2012-10-24 02:09:26 +0000 UTC]

I think we're both confused!
we printed on top of a stone...but I drew on a special kind of paper?? One side was slick and the other similar but only slightly more abrasive. The paper was chemically active.
If you'd like, I can ask my professor exactly what it's called because I can't remember.

The paper was taped to the stone and then printed from.

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Cnids In reply to Flaming-Scorpion [2012-10-24 03:20:42 +0000 UTC]

Sure, I'd love to hear about it because that seems really interesting (photo litho?). I've only done the type where you grind down a stone, draw on it with grease materials, and then burn the image into the stone with nitric acid and roll it up with ink.

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Flaming-Scorpion In reply to Cnids [2012-10-25 00:01:15 +0000 UTC]

I think our base is a Polyester Plate, and that apparently this process was invented fairly recently (past thirty forty years? I think?). You're doing the very traditional method. We do use stones to print because our machine for printing can only exert pressure on something that is a certain thickness (and the stone creates that thickness. We put the paper on the stone, but our image is not actually on the stone. Does that make sense?

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Cnids In reply to Flaming-Scorpion [2012-10-25 00:52:40 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, that makes sense. Thanks for the info!

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