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The Art and Craft of Lithographic Printmaking
The artist is an illusionist, a modern day shaman if you will. Usually the performance of creating art goes unwitnessed, a solitary endeavour; however in the field of printmaking collaboration between both artist and craftsman/printer is a key component, the process by which a print is made as important as the end result. When the practitioner of lithography, aspires to become both the sorcerer and the apprentice, can either succeed? I have spent the better part of two decades defining this question, and in collaboration with fellow artist and wife Olga, seeking its answer while performing this dual role. How well we have succeeded lies locked within the fibre of the images themselves and the ancient limestone, the dark carbons, and bright inks with which we create those images.
Roy Tomlinson
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