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Hand printing a lithograph in my home studio. I'm working with ball grained aluminum litho plate and aluminum foil kitchen lithography. For this specific print, I drew with grease pencils and etched with coca cola. I print with a wooden spoon onto gampi paper.

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@moonlightdriver800 5 ай бұрын

Wow! Just wow!! Your contribution to the art of lithography is amazing!

@valeriesyposz 5 ай бұрын

😊 Thank you!

@fbpliegorrivero8869 7 ай бұрын

Fantastic and fine work ❤

@NH-bm9vy Жыл бұрын

Ooh la la is right! Wonderful work as usual...

@valeriesyposz Жыл бұрын

Thanks!!

@julivale3090 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, I just found your channel and, I got to admit, I'm really impressed. Thanks for sharing, you've just got a new subscriber.

@valeriesyposz 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words!

@phyllisjeanfulton 2 жыл бұрын

me too never thought of doing this on a ball grained aluminum

@jn.ooomami Ай бұрын

You ate!

@PanerramikVon 8 ай бұрын

wow!! I like.

@valeriesyposz 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@lucretiaonutube Жыл бұрын

Fabulous demonstration! Could I ask why you use gum Arabic early on? Is it essential, I have all other materials.

@huseynhagverdi9972 8 ай бұрын

fantastik

@sallyweiner4180 5 ай бұрын

Wow!!!!

@valeriesyposz 5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@aidasoto2936 Жыл бұрын

Nice....esa técnica en mi idioma se llama "AGUAFUERTE"

@nirajjoshi4742 11 ай бұрын

Sehr schön

@valeriesyposz 11 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

@BLUEMOONENTERPRISES 2 жыл бұрын

Great work! Thanks for showing more of the process. What was the first plate you printed used? I can see the other plate was aluminum foil. Can you reuse the first plate?

@valeriesyposz 2 жыл бұрын

The first one is a ball grained aluminum plate- originally a photosensitive litho plate for commercial use that was grained on the back side for use by artists. I have only ever bought them prepared and used them once.

@BLUEMOONENTERPRISES 2 жыл бұрын

@@valeriesyposz Thanks! I was thinking about trying a ball grained plate and now you've given me the push. :-)

@juljos9343 8 ай бұрын

I’ve never seen the ball grained plate in any art shop to buy. Where can you get it.

@downtime86stars17 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful work! Can you re-use the plate for other images (the hard plate, not the foil)?

@valeriesyposz 4 ай бұрын

You can re-print the same image later on. You could also regrain the surface for a new image, but getting it done by a ball-grain machine is going to give the best grain.

@downtime86stars17 4 ай бұрын

@@valeriesyposz Thank you!

@dravnr88 Жыл бұрын

Is your ink water based? I've tryed this tecquinque but i failed and i don't undertood where, i used olive oil, maybe this one?

@valeriesyposz Жыл бұрын

Olive oil isn’t the problem, I’ve tested it successfully. Ink needs to be oil-based and not easy clean up.

@dravnr88 Жыл бұрын

@@valeriesyposz thank you very much, water based ink is the guilty 😅

@ediesedgwick4462 5 ай бұрын

I've always wondered, Is it not possible to use a clean brayer, instead of a baren or spoon, to transfer the image, please?

@valeriesyposz 5 ай бұрын

In theory, yes. In practice, there will be some difficulty in getting enough pressure. If your image is simple and bold and you print with a loosened ink on a thin paper, it might be fine.

@ediesedgwick4462 4 ай бұрын

@@valeriesyposz Thank you so much! 🤗

@kstutz230 10 ай бұрын

Is gum Arabic needed? What does it do?

@valeriesyposz 10 ай бұрын

For ball grained plate- yes. Aluminum foil- you can get by with just cola. Helps keep the non-drawn areas hydrophilic/not accepting grease so the ink doesn’t stick there.

@patriciazamora512 8 ай бұрын

Alguien sabe el nombre del papel que usa?

@valeriesyposz 8 ай бұрын

Gampi paper. Es un papel de Japon.

@ParulBhagatDancechoreo 6 ай бұрын

Which chemical have you used

@valeriesyposz 6 ай бұрын

Coca Cola

@123tobiiboii123 Жыл бұрын

Hi! you seem to have a lot of experience with this technique and there isn't a lot of info out there. I'm having issues with ink rolling onto the non-image area and once it starts it's kind of hard to stop. I'm trying to diagnose the issue without buying a bunch of stuff. I see you are using arabic gum and assume it's to make the non-image area even more hydrophilic, it seems like some do and some don't. Do you find it a necessity? I am also using etching ink because it's what I have available but although nice and stiff it's very tacky so I'm wondering if that's the issue, I've tried to loosen with some drops of gamsol but don't know if I should just look for new ink, get arabic gum, get tack reducer or talc or what. So many elements at play and I'm trying to filter the wheat from the chaff. Sorry if this is a bit unclear but just wondering if I could get your experienced insight. Determined to use this great technique!

@valeriesyposz Жыл бұрын

Quick question- are you asking about ball-grained aluminum plates or kitchens aluminum foil?

@123tobiiboii123 Жыл бұрын

@@valeriesyposz Sorry, yes foil. I've been trying to get success with kitchen lithography but there are a lot of variables to figure, I've gotten it to "work" but I really want to get that flawless inking I see you and ArtBahar have. I'm also thinking if I should need distilled water or anything too and not tap as I know hardness matters in commercial offset

@valeriesyposz Жыл бұрын

@@123tobiiboii123 Thanks! And yes, there are a lot of variables. I use litho ink which is also very tacky, so I wouldn’t think that would be the problem. You can loosen ink a bit to get it to print darker, but tacky ink shouldn’t be the cause for scumming. Often it’s a case of the foil/side of foil you print on. Testing multiple brands and shiny/dull might lead you to the best choice. Also, if your drawing materials are too greasy, sometimes that leads to unwanted ink picking up, as well as filling in. Gum isn’t necessary if you’re printing soon after but I use it so I have more time flexibility.

@123tobiiboii123 Жыл бұрын

@@valeriesyposz Scumming, yes great word and will help me troubleshoot, I've also recently found the tamarind book of lithography and will start improving my general understanding. I appreciate you helping and giving me direction. Time to experiment!

@valeriesyposz Жыл бұрын

@@123tobiiboii123 The Tamarind book is my go-to❤️

@zacharydutcher3586 6 ай бұрын

NaOH

@prettynoose8497 3 ай бұрын

I guess I still don't fully understand lithography. Why don't you just screen-print instead?

@valeriesyposz 3 ай бұрын

It’s akin to asking someone who paints in watercolour why they don’t use oil paint instead. While there is some correlation, the resulting aesthetics are completely different. Screen print is great in the way it is very fast and versatile to print on a variety of materials. I, personally, just prefer lithography.

@mai4525 9 күн бұрын

With screen printing you wouldn't be able to capture that charcoal texture. Every printing technique has its own language.

@doveseye.4666 4 ай бұрын

Why do we get 10 minutes of work and then when your done we get 5 seconds to see the result, are you not confident enough to give us a couple minutes to see the end result so infuriating, nice picture though.

@Paul-uc8vn 4 ай бұрын

Just a thought but you could just press pause.

@the25thprime Ай бұрын

This is a tutorial

@doveseye.4666 Ай бұрын

@@the25thprime yes yes it is, but that is what all the careful listening and watching is for, the end result is how we witness what we just saw, done being smart?

@-Luka-Brazi 5 ай бұрын

Seems like a lot of work…with dubious results. Not sure I see the advantage (to pens and brush)…and none of you people ever offer any explanation of an advantage.

@theshoreclose3525 5 ай бұрын

The advantage is obvious. You can make several identical prints (even hundreds) from one plate. Can you do that with pen and ink?

@allangibson8494 5 ай бұрын

This was how images in books and newspapers were created until the 1850’s when the photographic reproduction variation of this method replaced it.

@shannonpalmer 5 ай бұрын

Why does anyone have to give you an explanation of anything? Some people are printmakers. They enjoy it and find it rewarding. Literally no one cares if you don’t want to do it.

@downtime86stars17 4 ай бұрын

That is a very snobbish comment. The ability to make reproductions of their artwork has been used for hundreds of years by artists all over the world. Durer, Rembrandt, Hokusai, Turner, Chagall, Whistler, Matisse, and so many more made prints. Rivera, Toulouse Lautrec, Manet, and Picasso were known for their lithographs.