Vitreographs - prints from a glass matrix


A vitreograph is a print from a glass matrix. These hand-pulled prints are achieved through intaglio or planographic processes, a technique which was pioneered by glass artist Harvey K. Littleton in 1974. Float glass plates 3/8 inches thick, commonly used for windows or shelving, are run through an etching press for both the intaglio and planographic prints. Intaglio vitreographs are achieved by abrading the surface of the plate by blasting with sand or Carborundum; frosting and etching with hydrofluoric acid and/or grinding with diamond tip tools or other hard points or wheels. These techniques create recessed areas in the glass surface that will hold ink. Planographic vitreographs are made using a stencil of silicone over water-soluble drawing materials. After the silicone is cured and the drawing is washed out, the plates are rolled up and printed like traditional a lithograph, but without water. The silicone layer repels ink in non-image areas.
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	Bennett Bean	Peter Loewer
	William & Katherine Bernstein	Tom Nakashima
	Dale Chihuly	Judith O'Rourke
	Shane Fero	Italio Scanga
	Sergei Isupov	Therman Statom
	Herb Jackson	Claire VanVliet
	Richard Jolley	Emilio Vedova
	Stanlislav Libensky	Dan Welden
	Harvey K. Littleton	Anne Wolff
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Vitreography is a fine art printmaking technique that uses a 3/8 inch thick float glass matrix instead of the traditional matrices of metal, wood or stone. A print created using the technique is called a vitreograph. Unlike a monotype, in which ink is painted onto a smooth glass plate and transferred to paper to produce a unique work, the vitreograph technique involves fixing the imagery in, or on, the glass plate. This allows the production of an edition of prints. Source: Wikipedia
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