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THIS PAST WEEK I WORKED IN JUTLAND,HJOERRING CREATING WOODCUTS AND LITHOGRAPHIES : IT WAS SO WONDERFUL AND VERY
FULFILLING : I DID SEVERAL WOODCUTS ON THREE PLATES, BIRCH PLYWOOD, AND PRINTED THEM IN THREE COLOURS. BIRCH WOOD IS QUITE SOFT YET THE WOOD ITSELF ,BY APPLYING ONLY VERY LITTLE COLOUR,IS VISIBLE.
LITHOGRAPHY IS A MATTER OF GREASE "DETERRING" WATER .IT WAS INVENTED APPROX. 200 YEARS AGO BY SENEFELDER IN GERMANY WHO, AS THE SAYING GOES, WAS GRABBING A STONE TO WRITE A JOB ON IT VERY QUICKLY.LITOHGRAPHY ON STONE IS A VERY DELICATELY WORK AND LOTS OF THINGS GOES WRONG (APART FROM ONE ITEM IN THE WORKING PLAN ON THE WAY TO PRINTING ( THOSE PLANS CONSISTS OF 24 DIFFERENT ITEMS TO BE DONE BEFORE PRINTING) WHICH MADE YOUR DRAWING COMPLETELY VANISH ,ON PURPOSE,BY RUBBING THE STONE WITH "KEROSINE".FIRST YOU DRAW A DRAWING ON THIS STONE WELL PREPARED AND MADE SENSITIVE TO A GREASY PENCIL,THEN FOLLOWS 23 STEPS OF DIFFERENT DOINGS EX: RUBBING THE STONE WITH POWDERTALC, FOLLOWED BY RESIN FOLLOWED BY LOADS OF FUTHER PROCEDURES UNTILL YOU FINALLY START PRINTING AND............EVERYTHING WAS IN VAIN.AND NO PICTURE ARE PRINTED ON THE PAPER .MAYBE YOU DIDNT LEVEL OUT THE STONE BEFOREHAND,
MAY BE THE COLOUR WAS INSUFFIENCIENTLY APPLIED ETC ETC
BUT THAT S LIFE AND SO YOU TRY AGAIN AND AGAIN
THIS PAST WEEK I WORKED IN JUTLAND,HJOERRING CREATING WOODCUTS AND LITHOGRAPHIES : IT WAS SO WONDERFUL AND VERY
FULFILLING : I DID SEVERAL WOODCUTS ON THREE PLATES, BIRCH PLYWOOD, AND PRINTED THEM IN THREE COLOURS. BIRCH WOOD IS QUITE SOFT YET THE WOOD ITSELF ,BY APPLYING ONLY VERY LITTLE COLOUR,IS VISIBLE.
LITHOGRAPHY IS A MATTER OF GREASE "DETERRING" WATER .IT WAS INVENTED APPROX. 200 YEARS AGO BY SENEFELDER IN GERMANY WHO, AS THE SAYING GOES, WAS GRABBING A STONE TO WRITE A JOB ON IT VERY QUICKLY.LITOHGRAPHY ON STONE IS A VERY DELICATELY WORK AND LOTS OF THINGS GOES WRONG (APART FROM ONE ITEM IN THE WORKING PLAN ON THE WAY TO PRINTING ( THOSE PLANS CONSISTS OF 24 DIFFERENT ITEMS TO BE DONE BEFORE PRINTING) WHICH MADE YOUR DRAWING COMPLETELY VANISH ,ON PURPOSE,BY RUBBING THE STONE WITH "KEROSINE".FIRST YOU DRAW A DRAWING ON THIS STONE WELL PREPARED AND MADE SENSITIVE TO A GREASY PENCIL,THEN FOLLOWS 23 STEPS OF DIFFERENT DOINGS EX: RUBBING THE STONE WITH POWDERTALC, FOLLOWED BY RESIN FOLLOWED BY LOADS OF FUTHER PROCEDURES UNTILL YOU FINALLY START PRINTING AND............EVERYTHING WAS IN VAIN.AND NO PICTURE ARE PRINTED ON THE PAPER .MAYBE YOU DIDNT LEVEL OUT THE STONE BEFOREHAND,
MAY BE THE COLOUR WAS INSUFFIENCIENTLY APPLIED ETC ETC
BUT THAT S LIFE AND SO YOU TRY AGAIN AND AGAIN