Leonardo Nierman
Chateaux
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La Ville Enchantee
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Unfortunately Young Auditorium does not have contact with the artist of these pieces. Please indulge and enjoy in the interpretation of the artwork.
-Statement by Leonardo Nierman-
"A technique that I use in most of my pieces is called lithograph, which is an authorized copy of an original work. To make a lithograph you must first take a copper plate and cover it with petroleum, then take a pointed needle and scratch the plate. After that put the copper plate in an acid bath and then when the lines are deep enough remove it from the bath. Then take the ink and rub it on the copper plate. At this point you run the finished product through a printing press which forces the paper into the lines.
After the image has been recreated to my satisfaction it is then ready to be turned into a piece of art. To make a hand lithograph, the drawing is first treated with a chemical to set the image. Then an oil-based variety of ink is applied directly to the drawing, and the ink immediately bonds with the equally greasy crayon lines. Water is then wiped onto the unpainted areas to discourage the ink from smearing. A sheet of paper is then placed over the entire plate.
The last step in this process is when the inked stone or plate and the paper are placed in a press and light pressure is used to transfer some of the ink. If the original image was a monochrome pen and ink drawing, this would be the only press run necessary; with multiple colors however, this might require several different runs to produce each different color ink. The same paper would be placed precisely over the inked plates, eventually creating a detailed image."
-Nierman
"I would have to say the biggest advantage of lithography is that it does not require me to etch an image into metal plates, as some other reproduction methods do; neither is it necessary to physically carve out the image on blocks of wood or other soft material. Instead, I can use a set of greasy crayons or pencils to draw a mirrored image of my artwork, usually onto a smooth stone tablet or metal plate. While this can take less time than etching the image into metal, it is still the most time-consuming part of lithography. If the final image has multiple colors, it may be necessary to make separate stones or plates for each. With this piece I used multiple colors; therefore I had to use more than one plate."
-Nierman
After the image has been recreated to my satisfaction it is then ready to be turned into a piece of art. To make a hand lithograph, the drawing is first treated with a chemical to set the image. Then an oil-based variety of ink is applied directly to the drawing, and the ink immediately bonds with the equally greasy crayon lines. Water is then wiped onto the unpainted areas to discourage the ink from smearing. A sheet of paper is then placed over the entire plate.
The last step in this process is when the inked stone or plate and the paper are placed in a press and light pressure is used to transfer some of the ink. If the original image was a monochrome pen and ink drawing, this would be the only press run necessary; with multiple colors however, this might require several different runs to produce each different color ink. The same paper would be placed precisely over the inked plates, eventually creating a detailed image."
-Nierman
"I would have to say the biggest advantage of lithography is that it does not require me to etch an image into metal plates, as some other reproduction methods do; neither is it necessary to physically carve out the image on blocks of wood or other soft material. Instead, I can use a set of greasy crayons or pencils to draw a mirrored image of my artwork, usually onto a smooth stone tablet or metal plate. While this can take less time than etching the image into metal, it is still the most time-consuming part of lithography. If the final image has multiple colors, it may be necessary to make separate stones or plates for each. With this piece I used multiple colors; therefore I had to use more than one plate."
-Nierman