Paper Lithography Prints on Wood Panels

Paper lithography or Gum Arabic transfer is a form of printing where a xerox copy of an image is used as the printing plate.   Once you ink the xerox copy, the Gum Arabic will repel the ink from the white areas of the copy and adhere to the dark areas (where there is toner). This is one of my favorite printing process and this time I am mounting them on wood Panels.

I used the following materials:

Black and white xerox copies of a photograph I took
Daniel Smith oil based etching ink
Gum Arabic 
Sponge
Brayer 
Japanese printing paper (Kitakata)
Barren 
Wood Panels
Golden Matte Medium
Liquitex Matte Varnish

Preparing the xerox copies (plates), I used a few, up to four for one print

Oil based etching ink

Inked brayer

I used Kitakata Japanese paper.  I have had the best results with it and it's my favorite printing paper

Inking the plate

Printing, ink transfer to paper

I used up to four layers of different colors, this is the third layer 

I let the print dry for at least two days before I mounted it on to the wood panel.  I use the Golden  Matte Medium as glue

 I let the wood panel dry for 24 hours and then trimmed the excess paper.   And lastly I varnished the print; I used  up to four coats of varnish.

Voila!  Finished Paper Lithography print on a wood panel

Working on those prints which will soon be listed at Pascale's Studio

My favorite!

Check Pascale's Studio for new prints on wood panels; ready to be hanged in your favorite rooms!

The Block Gallery

My Poppies print is in display at the Block Gallery until April 7th.   A call for artists came through the Pullen Art Center for artworks from printers and glass artists mind January, I entered four prints and my Poppies Solar Etching was chosen.  This is one of the prints I made during the Solarplate Printmaking class.  So exciting!

This is from the Pullen Art Center website:

Pullen Arts Center Students & Instructors at the Block Gallery

From February 7 - April 7, the Block Gallery in the City of Raleigh Municipal Building (222 West Hargett St) will feature the work of Pullen Arts Center's glass artists and printmakers in the display cases outside of Council Chambers. Artists featured in this show are Jean Cheely, Shaimaa Diraz, Vicki Edwards, Amy Friend, Susan Martin, Michelle Matheny, Gretchen Morrissey, Jennifer Roberts, Susan Soper, Melanie Stoer, Kristen Strauss, and Pascale Toussaint.

Pictures!

Poppies (Solar Etching)

Prints and Glass art from other Artists from Pullen Art Center

More prints and glass art

Enjoying the reception