I’m happy to report that the Griffin Litho Press is now set up in Westport on the Washington coast.
I’m happy to see this beauty continue the legacy of stone printmaking. Continue reading →
14
Feb
2024
lithography
08
Feb
2016
Dark Star – hand drawn lithograph on stone
Dark Star – lithograph, hand-drawn, on stone, that began as an investigation of opposites using black and white, pairing order and chance, a structured network in contrast with coarse and smooth textures emphasizing the grain of the stone. I approached the image using chiaroscuro, a manière noir method Continue reading →
06
Feb
2014
Printmaking in Paris – Atelier Lacourière et Frélaut
Serge at the press – Atelier Lacourière et Frélaut
Parisians and most visitors know that Paris is a city for walking. In addition to the must-see monuments, churches, and museums, whether on the narrow streets or along the broad avenues and boulevards, there are always discoveries to be found. Sometimes, as we wind our way through these rues and avenues, we are passing by interesting things that often go unnoticed, not knowing what we’ve just missed. Other times it’s as if a discovery was meant to be. It’s always a treat to see a placard on a building telling us Continue reading →
31
Jan
2014
Stone Lithography with Rudolf Broulim
at the press in his Zwiindrecht, Belgium studio
Earlier this month, to celebrate the new year and share some images with friends, we brought out the old slide projector and pulled some slides from the archive. It was an evening filled with nostalgia, a hot lamp shining light through old transparencies, complete with dust and scratches, the sound of the fan, the aroma of hot dust, and to complete the experience, there was the obligatory stuck slide; we were lucky the bulb didn’t burn out as there were none to be had locally. All in all, it was a fun evening seeing these images again and sharing them with friends. It was also a reminder that the time had come to start that long put off scanning project. Now that scanning is underway I’ll be posting a variety of images, many shot with my favorite camera at the time, a Leica IIf, primarily using Kodachrome 25. These first images are in the atelier of master printer Rudolf Broulim, Continue reading →
19
Jan
2013
Lithography with Rudolf Broulim, Antwerp, Belgium
lithograph 15″ x 22″
An artist I met at Atelier Lacourière Frélaut, Hugo Besard, introduced me to Rudolf Broulim, a master printmaker who had left his native Prague and settled near Antwerp. Rudolf has worked with many artists (including Jiří Anderle and Oldřich Kulhánek), producing stunning artworks, Continue reading →
