Kitchen Lithography Hand-Printing on Gampi Paper

Hi friends!
Here's a more in-depth video about my kitchen litho printing technique.
Recently, I started bringing pieces of foil with me to life drawing and drawing directly from the model. I print the foils later at home. and so far it has been very successful, albeit difficult!
This was a 15 minute pose. I printed with black ink on gampi, which will be chine collé backed on BFK when dry.
Comments, likes and follows are always appreciated!
By the way, I am now selling some of my original hand-printed artwork online. Feel free to check out
www.valeriesyposz.com/shop/

[@JoseCruz-ds6ko]

Happy printmaking Holidays!!! you're on UA-cam for kitchen litho!!!

[@valeriesyposz]

Happy holidays!

[@maggiefreeman6513]

Fabulous. Thanks for sharing

[@valeriesyposz]

Thank you!

[@artshaman]

Very informative video! Thank you for sharing your process in these videos!

[@valeriesyposz]

Thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed it.

[@phyllisjeanfulton]

Love it. I’m trying to get a really good hang of this process. ❤

[@valeriesyposz]

Thanks!

[@serge.gilles.richard-seriago]

Thanks for sharing Valerie! So would that mean one could vary the rubbing pressure so as to control light to dark areas?

[@valeriesyposz]

To an extent, yes. You have to have a good sense of exactly where the image is dark vs. light, which, when using a thin, almost transparent paper like gampi is quite easy.

[@valeriesyposz]

But in terms of controlling light areas, it’s really important (much more than pressure) not to let it fill in.

[@katehenderson1573]

Great videos. How do you keep the foil from wrinkling? No matter what I do my heavy foil never lays flat. Spray mount helps a bit but can then get lumpy.

[@valeriesyposz]

I only use tape on the corners to keep the foil in place while drawing. I use water to “glue” foil to plexi after etching. I find it easier to do after, because then I can adjust it without worrying about dirtying the surface.

[@katehenderson1573]

Thank you, I’ll try it.