Monday, January 26, 2009

Find the Inner Male Lithograph Project

In this project we had to create an image on polyester plates with a sharpie marker.  We had to create at least three plates to make up this one image.  Each plate had to be a different color.  A special solution was rubbed onto the plates to adhere to the marker, the a small amount of water was sponged onto the plate.  the roller was inked up and then gently rolled over the plate several times, while keeping the plate somewhat damp with water.  The more you rolled the more the ink adhered to just the areas with sharpie marker.  Once your plates were inked, you would put them through a special press with BFK (Dry) and voila your print was done.  You need to let the first print dry before going onto the next color layer.

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