Digigraphic Printmaking Process
Littleton Studio, Spruce Pine, North Carolina, 1998
"Mitchell"
Digigraphy/Vitreography, 24" x 30"
© Karin Schminke 1998



Source photographs by the artist include peeling bark and a bare limbed pine tree.These were combined in Photoshop, flipped and printed onto transfer medium utilizing a 3M Cactus RIP on the Encad Novajet Pro. Later when the image was printed, presoaked BFK rag paper was rolled out onto the digigraph and run through the press to complete the transfer.

 

 

For the next image layer, a vitreograph printing method developed at Littleton Studios was used. A piece of clear glass was positioned over the transfer image for registration. White litho paint was painted into the negative image areas. Judith O'Rourke, Littleton's Master Printer, sandblasted the glass plate, etching the non-inked surfaces. At printing time, the plate was inked with a yellow ochre and printed onto the damp transferred digigraph image.

 

 

Below, Dorothy Krause assists Karin Schminke in gluing pine needles to a glass plate. The plate was again developed by sandblasting. During printing, the resultant plate was inked with a dark neutral color and printed on top of the other two layers to complete the print.

 

 

From a suite entitled "heARTland", including pieces by Dorothy Krause, Karin Schminke and Bonny Lhotka, published by Littleton Studio.

 

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