How Stone Lithography Works

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    How Stone Lithography Works. In this video I show you how I have made my first stone print and also explain the origins of stone lithography.
    Win one of the stone prints I have made by answering this question.
    Who invented stone lithography?
    Subscribe to my channel and leave your answer in the comments.
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    Watch the video about the stone lithography of Michael Parkes here:
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    So how does Stone Lithography work? You draw on a grinded limestone with a very smooth surface. You can sketch with a graphite pencil on the stone to set up your drawing. The graphite pencil won’t be printed, because it is not greasy. You have to protect the stone from your hands and fingers, because they can be greasy. So I made this sketch of an otter on the stone with a normal pencil. But you need a greasy pencil for the Stoneprinting to work. You have 5 different pencils you can work with 1 is the most greasy pencil and you can make very dark strokes with it and no 5 is the most precise and subtle pencil you can use. I drew this picture with a no. 4. I used some different techniques just to try out how it would work out. I did some cross-hatching and some gradients with little points. I also tried to make a smooth gradient with the greasy pencil. Just to see how it would end up in the print.
    When you are finished with your drawing the stone is prepared with French chalk powder, this helps to protect it for the further process.
    The stone is then processed with a mixture of gum Arabic and nitric acid. The gum separates the image area from the non-image areas. This is the etching of the stone. The drawing will receive the ink and will repel water. Everything that is not drawn will receive water. Usually you have to leave the stone for one day, so the etching can take place on the surface of the stone.
    Then the stone is placed on the printing press. With turpentine oil the image will be washed off the stone. After that the stone is prepared with a thin layer of oily ink. Then you remove the water-soluble gum etch is removed.
    Now the stone is ready for print. The drawn image receives ink and the rest of the image receives water. Before printing you have to keep the stone wet so that the ink will not print the empty areas. On a piece of glass you mix the ink and roll it with an inkroller.
    Before applying the ink onto the stone. The stone needs to be wet. You roll several times on the stone with the ink. Then you need to fan the stone so that the water dries. Then you can apply the paper onto the stone. On top of the paper a plate of leather is placed with a bit of Ox gall. This helps the stone glide under the printing press. You move the stone under the press and then turn the lever to press down the paper onto the stone. With the turning wheel you move the stone and paper under the press. Then you release the press with the lever. Then you remove the leather plate and carefully remove the paper from the stone. This is my first stone print I have made.
    For each print you have to repeat the same steps.
    Wetting the stone
    Apply ink
    Fanning the stone
    Paper on the stone
    and printing the stone onto the paper.
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  • @StayfDraws
    @StayfDraws  7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The contest to win my Stone Lithograph is closed.

    • @robertgreen955
      @robertgreen955 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Stayf - JUST IN CASE you were saving one print for a good cause...I've been showing your video to my US History classes. After we spent some time analyzing this really cool lithograph from 1875 from the American Grange, many kids were asking, of course, 'what's a lithograph?' So, we thought your video was great and the answer to the question is Alois Senefelder. Thank you. - Bob Green, US History Teacher in Riverside, CA

  • @stevenhummel3189
    @stevenhummel3189 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    This is probably the most informative, helpful video I have ever found on stone lithography, thank you

    • @valerian8999
      @valerian8999 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Much better than that American Dream video, that video gives lithography a bad name

  • @JordanTaylorVideos
    @JordanTaylorVideos 8 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    You do this documentary style video really, really well.

    • @StayfDraws
      @StayfDraws  8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thank you so much Jordan, I really had fun putting it all together and of coarse enjoyed making the stone print. I may do some more stone pints in the future.

  • @mamascorpio
    @mamascorpio 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I'm not sure why or how but this vid made the most sense to me out of the few I've watched about stone printing! Maybe because it was your first stone print your explanation of it was ...well...that of someone who'd never done one before. . . so...I got it. Kudos! And nice print!

  • @APMauldin
    @APMauldin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I just came across this video today and watching it brought back memories of my college art classes of over 40 years ago. I took a class in printmaking by Robert Allen Nelson who taught a variety of printmaking techniques but the emphasis was mainly that of stone lithography. I enjoyed the both the class and process so much that did two independent research classes in print making. Today my printing is strictly inkjet technology.
    I love your video very much! Thank you for sharing it!

    • @StayfDraws
      @StayfDraws  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks AP. I had lot of fun making my first lithograph print.

  • @ejkipping7600
    @ejkipping7600 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this is very enlightening; thanks for the art and the education!

  • @alchemancer
    @alchemancer 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I have enjoyed each of your videos, and picked up a few tricks I never new about Procreate. I am glad Alois Senefelder invented Lithography, so you were able to enjoy the process and share it with us. Thank you.

    • @StayfDraws
      @StayfDraws  8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks! I love drawing in Procreate, but sometimes I like to explore old techniques!

  • @ShijuAlex
    @ShijuAlex 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you very much. You explained it really well.
    It would have been good if you could make another video explaining how Color images are printed using Lithography.

  • @rapmaster
    @rapmaster 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Great video, although I wish there was a little more detail on how the different chemical agents interact.

  • @raihusnainahmed9968
    @raihusnainahmed9968 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    After watching 10+ videos finally got it👌🏼❤️❤️ Thanks a lot for this 😍

  • @johnzkomurki
    @johnzkomurki 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    excellently clear explanation

  • @jbs3t
    @jbs3t 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very much enjoyed this video, Stayf. I work for and antiques and vintage poster dealer on Maui, in Hawaii, and I love seen how different artists present the stone lithographic process. Yours is my favorite so far, for how you wove the history of stone printing into the explanation. I am of the mind that knowing the history of something like stone lithography makes learning what it is and how it is done more interesting. It is arguably one of the most, if not the most, important visual form of art making in history. Certainly, there had been no time prior to 1880 where so many artists were akin to rocktars. Every day I get to tell people who walk into the shop that they are walking into a virtual time-capsule. One that is very much out of place sat here in the middle of Hawaii. But they are seeing something very special. The history of art in advertising. But it isn't the advertising bit that is important to me. It's that depending on the age of the poster, Early Belle Époque, art deco, WWI and WII, you get to see the clear passage and progress of printing beginning with the stone-lithograph. The pun would be very much intended in calling stone-lithography the bed-rock upon which Cappiello first laid the foundations for all modern advertising. The most effective and akin of which would be to catch a passerby's attention and convey one's message within seconds.

    • @StayfDraws
      @StayfDraws  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I got interested in Stone Lithography when I had to make a documentary about the lithographs of the artist Michael Parkes. The best way to find out was to do it myself. I only did one color, but to print in more colors is mind boggling. To keep the registration of each color. Also the large sizes these posters were printed. The art those artists like Cappiello produced is astounding. Great design and artistry. Nice to hear that you liked my video. I have been to Hawaii twice and really loved it.

  • @NetTubeUser
    @NetTubeUser 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you very much for this really informative and clear video!

  • @johnkrogh5532
    @johnkrogh5532 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very good introduction indeed. Thank you very much.

  • @StayfDraws
    @StayfDraws  8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Volgende week wordt de winnaar bekend gemaakt!

  • @ZoggyWoggyII
    @ZoggyWoggyII 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fascinating and ingenious.

  • @leslieclaflin2550
    @leslieclaflin2550 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    thank you for this informative video ! currently studying about lithographs for my Academic Decathlon art exam and this made it easier to understand :)

    • @StayfDraws
      @StayfDraws  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are welcome Leslie.

  • @emy1111
    @emy1111 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Rosin then french chalk is used and the primmer for the ink is usually aspheltum, but can be thinned down printing ink.

  • @jonsutton7734
    @jonsutton7734 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Totally fascinating!

  • @Vezinho10
    @Vezinho10 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi Stayf! It's always a pleasure !! A real good video very well done and really instructive !! Thanks for sharing !! Cheers !!

    • @StayfDraws
      @StayfDraws  8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks! Nice to hear. I enjoy making these kind of videos.

  • @komalrk6048
    @komalrk6048 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is only lithography process vedio that I understand properly thank you so much and this is so helpful for my exam too....

    • @StayfDraws
      @StayfDraws  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks, i did not fully understood the process until I actually did it myself.

  • @balinthonvari7723
    @balinthonvari7723 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    very interesting, thank you for sharing!

  • @annalyncastro7557
    @annalyncastro7557 ปีที่แล้ว

    Alois Senefelder invented stone printing. I love this video. I learned a lot. I hope one day to print my artwork. Thank you.

    • @StayfDraws
      @StayfDraws  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are welcome!

  • @artboy598
    @artboy598 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just discovered your channel. Great stuff! Keep it up. Greetings from America!

    • @StayfDraws
      @StayfDraws  8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks man! Enjoy all the videos! Greetz, Stayf

  • @mrcreativityzero1992
    @mrcreativityzero1992 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    thanks alot... it was helpful

  • @slindilengcobo3235
    @slindilengcobo3235 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow. Thanks I’ve enjoyed the video.

    • @StayfDraws
      @StayfDraws  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad you enjoyed it

  • @alexanderfox-robinson4910
    @alexanderfox-robinson4910 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video, it was informative and fun.

    • @StayfDraws
      @StayfDraws  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Alexander.

  • @EdithBurchett
    @EdithBurchett 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interesting. Like lithography a lot. And by the way, I love it, when people who does not speak German, speak German. It sounds so charming :)

  • @LScott97
    @LScott97 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic!👍👍👍

  • @seasea12
    @seasea12 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Alois Senefelder! :)
    Thank you for making this video. I learned a lot!

  • @sabiasethi6127
    @sabiasethi6127 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome

  • @1sugarball
    @1sugarball 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    most informative.. thanks.

  • @JordanTaylorVideos
    @JordanTaylorVideos 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Also, the answer is Alois Senefelder!

  • @irenedevore
    @irenedevore 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for your demonstration and explanation of lithography. The answer to your question is Alois Senefelder, invented lithography. Thank you.

  • @robertpappas9873
    @robertpappas9873 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great Job!

    • @StayfDraws
      @StayfDraws  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! Cheers!

  • @trudyschoonover5999
    @trudyschoonover5999 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Alois Senefelder! Thank you!

  • @praveenkansara3272
    @praveenkansara3272 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very nice
    👍

  • @ekanshitiwana
    @ekanshitiwana 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    It was very useful 💕👌😍

  • @michaelhopkinson9193
    @michaelhopkinson9193 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow, I once dreamed of combining stone litho with screen printing, the best of both worlds. I would build a rig to accurately place the paper on the stone. The rig would be removed obviously when printing.

  • @paytonlee9836
    @paytonlee9836 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    How to print in color? Also wanted to see a closeup of the finished product

  • @drifter2468
    @drifter2468 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm trying to understand how the artwork is prepared for multiple colors. So far all of the videos show drawing on a stone with grease pencils, which I get. But when there are sharp lines and tight registration of different inks, how does that work? Any references would be appreciated (even a book). Thanks.

  • @asparagusmelontoast
    @asparagusmelontoast 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is epic.

  • @amandarose5399
    @amandarose5399 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    alois senefelder invented... brilliant video.. thank you.

  • @superfantastico4752
    @superfantastico4752 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “Blue Collar worker” Barney Rubble was actually the first Man to perfect this printing process

  • @sb7909
    @sb7909 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Alois Senefelder :-)
    Great video, great inspiration!

  • @mantizz7722
    @mantizz7722 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Alois Senefelder =) awesome indeed =)

  • @rakshatripathi103
    @rakshatripathi103 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Learned alot🤎🤎

  • @taliyahthompson6072
    @taliyahthompson6072 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Think about printing press ( news papers) or stamps.

  • @AlliYAFF
    @AlliYAFF 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So it prints the image in reverse. Does that mean that as the artist, when you are drawing on the stone, you have to take this into consideration and draw the image initially backwards? If you forget to do this, is there some way you can still use that etched stone to print the image the way you want it, like transferring it somehow to another stone and then using that stone to make the paper prints?

    • @StayfDraws
      @StayfDraws  4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What artists sometimes do is make a drawing with a normal pencil and then lay it on the stone and then rub it onto the stone. They use that as a guide and then draw with the special greasy pencils.

  • @wayneengum6407
    @wayneengum6407 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have a lithograph stone that I found in Berlin Germany, do they have any value

  • @zabba7461
    @zabba7461 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Neat

  • @kinklee
    @kinklee 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    the link to the Parkes video is not active. Can you relink please

  • @TheArtosan
    @TheArtosan 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    De uitvinder van steen printen is Alois Senefelder. Heb je al een winnaar uitgekozen? :)
    Duidelijke documentaire die je hebt gemaakt Stayf! Nothing beats the old techniques to find something new ;)

  • @chromebaby
    @chromebaby ปีที่แล้ว

    I’ve watched a few of these videos about lithographic printing and I still can’t quite work out what’s going on. Does the acid wash remove a layer of stone so leaving the inked portion raised? Or is the ink simply sticking to only the drawn areas? How does this work for those very detailed and photographic examples near the beginning of this video? Thanks for any answers.

    • @StayfDraws
      @StayfDraws  ปีที่แล้ว

      The acid removes the gum arabic and etches the drawing. When you ink the stone and make it wet only the etched part will receive the ink.

    • @chromebaby
      @chromebaby ปีที่แล้ว

      @@StayfDraws Thanks for the reply. So the drawn area gets etched away and creates a recess into which goes the ink?

    • @sheaulle
      @sheaulle ปีที่แล้ว +1

      As far as I understood it, the surface remains flat, but the drawn areas aren't oil-repellent (the ink is oil-based) like the moist parts because they were protected from the acid, so water cannot penetrate the stone.
      There is a technique called "kitchen lithography" where you draw on thin aluminium foil, and it works in a similar way.

  • @seanmcguire7974
    @seanmcguire7974 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    So it burns the background n everything you didn't draw, leaving the drawing raised a little bit?

  • @UConceptPublishing
    @UConceptPublishing 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    yes, invented by Alois Senefelder! Nice video!

    • @StayfDraws
      @StayfDraws  8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for the answer Janet!

  • @JDLifestyle56
    @JDLifestyle56 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good old Alois Senefelder invented stone printing!

  • @BobsonofZeus
    @BobsonofZeus 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Damn!!

  • @basmah4875
    @basmah4875 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    وااااو

  • @emmashowe
    @emmashowe 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    As a german this pronunciation sounds fun lol but its a good video

  • @TheJmh19
    @TheJmh19 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    one question if anyone knows. Can you reuse the stone or do you have to buy a new one each time?

    • @StayfDraws
      @StayfDraws  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You can re-use it, but the stone needs to be cleaned with rubble stone.

    • @TheJmh19
      @TheJmh19 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@StayfDraws thank you.

  • @theripper7675
    @theripper7675 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    how did the german expressionist do their prints?

  • @pheesees8171
    @pheesees8171 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    can you reuse the stone for a different drawing?

    • @StayfDraws
      @StayfDraws  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes you can. You have to grind it with marble dust to remove the image.

    • @pheesees8171
      @pheesees8171 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@StayfDraws thanks

  • @Chungustav
    @Chungustav 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Alois Senefelder

  • @matejababnik9853
    @matejababnik9853 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Alois Senefelder invented the stone printing.

  • @asiamamedo9290
    @asiamamedo9290 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    türkce altyazı eklermisiniz lütfen

  • @singhrokaya317
    @singhrokaya317 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Aloy senfelder invenced first.... M student of fine art in India watching first time lithograf.. Before professor teach us only theory thank to make video

  • @09Petapao
    @09Petapao 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Alois senefelger

  • @strodtbeckr
    @strodtbeckr 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Stone printing was invented by Alois Senefelder.

  • @divinendu3184
    @divinendu3184 ปีที่แล้ว

    Alois senefelder

  • @JDLifestyle56
    @JDLifestyle56 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    oh :-(

  • @adamhimanshu2201
    @adamhimanshu2201 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    alois

  • @terryheasley7027
    @terryheasley7027 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    A drawback is that the printed image will always be backwards! An opposite of the first drawing. :(

    • @AlliYAFF
      @AlliYAFF 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe there's a way to transfer the image from that etched stone onto another one which you can then use to print on paper the right way around.

  • @egormrinskiy4402
    @egormrinskiy4402 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I know you can get solutions for that on woodprix website.

  • @timmywillpussycat
    @timmywillpussycat 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I STILL DONT UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS!

  • @DrWhom
    @DrWhom 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Kun je echt geen Duits uitspreken?

  • @efontailback
    @efontailback 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    im only here because of my school

  • @batribatri8771
    @batribatri8771 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Its just calld "lithography" not "stone lithography". "Litho" means stone and "graphy" means image.

    • @StayfDraws
      @StayfDraws  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know. But I wanted to make the distinction between lithography for offset and the traditional lithography.

  • @kartab5397
    @kartab5397 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Alois invented in 1796......i think so

  • @Uncle-gj9in
    @Uncle-gj9in 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Stone lithography? No, it's just lithography! The word stone is redundant. Lithography by definition implies that stone is used for printing

    • @ohsweetmystery
      @ohsweetmystery 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The origins of the word are due to the use of stone, but the definition has expanded and there are other types of lithography in use today.

  • @reginanegra
    @reginanegra 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lithography literary means "writing on stone" you don't have to keep calling it "stone lithography"... it's redundant!