Planographic printing

North Metro TAFE Visual Art on Instagram: “Amazing works coming from the print studio. Advanced Diploma are currently completing a print unit in stone lithography. Student Kyla is…”

Planographic Print or Lithography: There are neither raised nor sunken parts on the plate, and ink is applied to images made with oily pens on the plate based on the repulsion theory of inks as shown above. Ithography is a typical example of planographic print

Feraye Art on Instagram: "Planographic printing practice. Rice paper, acrylic, brayers. #planography #monoprinting #ilovemakingart #artismymeditation"

Louise Nevelson. Untitled. 1967. Lithograph. composition and sheet: 39 3/16 × 27 3/8

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Lithography is the art of printing from stone. The process was invented by Alois Senefelder in 1796, and the fundemental principles that he established have remained unchanged. By writing or drawing with a greasy ink on a specially prepared slab of limestone, the grease is absorbed by the stone and the image thus formed has an affinity for printing ink, while the remaining parts of the stone repel the ink as long as the surface is kept moist with water. Lithographic presses are cylinder…

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Frank Hodgkinson The Seed 1978 planographic lithograph, printed in colour, from four plates