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…

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…”

Two "Stone" Lithography Printing Blocks

The stone I used for my first lithography print representing a great decade.

Morh print in black and white on a lithography stone

Here is the drawing on the stone ready for washing out the gum etch. The Courses Stone lithography courses are organised several times a year both at weekends and on weekdays. They are suitable for artists with or without previous experience of printmaking . Typically, participants are art students, art teachers, college lecturers, serious amateurs and professional artists in other media. As the number of places on the courses is kept to a maximum of four, each participant is encouraged to…

Clubber, tusche wash on marble stone printed at La Ceiba Grafica @ceibagrafica #lithography #marble #print #printmaker #lithographer #litho…

I’m still working on my stone litho hand-printing method. It takes a lot of burnishing to get a good print! #printmaking #lithography. Valerie Syposz · Original audio