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About the Artist
Artist’s Edition: A particular combination of paper and ink colors that strikes Hibel’s fancy. A few impressions are printed for her own interest.
Artist’s Proof (sometimes referred as trial proofs): One of the trial impressions pulled to see how the stone is printing and to experiment with inks and paper combinations to be used for the edition. For technical reasons, a leather proofing roller is used to apply the ink instead of the rubber roller used for printing the edition.
Artist’s Proof and Pastels, Pencil Crayon, Etc.: In producing a lithograph, before making any changes on the stone (or before doing the next stone for multi-color lithographs), Hibel works on the proof with pastels, pencil, paint, ink or crayon to see what the effects will be. This helps her to determine what changes to makes and how to proceed with the stone.
Bavarian Limestone: These are the stones first used to create musical scores by Senefelder, the inventor of lithography, in Bavaria in 1796. Dating back millions of years to the age of the dinosaurs, their compact, fine grain has not been duplicated by any other surface.
Bon a Tirer: The proof chosen by the artist to serve as the sample for an edition.
Collaye: In order to achieve certain high fidelity effects, Hibel occasionally chooses a very fine, thin paper. “Collaye” is an old process revived for her, whereby this fine paper is superimposed on another, firmer paper at the time the impression is pulled.
Edition (sometimes referred to as Regular Edition): A set of impressions consisting of one or more uniform sections that may differ in color, ink, paper, etc, from each other, but that have the basic drawing or keystone in common. The total of all the impressions in all the sections constitutes the number in the edition.
Etching: The process in lithography by which the artist’s drawing on the stone is prepared for printing. The stone is treated with a weak acid solution that contains gum Arabic.
First State, Second State, Etc: After impressions are pulled from a stone, that artist can make changes or add to the drawing, and then pull further impressions. Each group of impressions made after the stone has been changed is considered another ‘state’.
Keystone: The stone that has the basic drawing in a multi-color lithograph.
Multi-color lithograph: Each color requires a separate stone or state of a stone, and the number of stones and/or states determines the number of colors in the finished lithograph. Each stone must “register” perfectly so that impressions will not be blurred.
Section (sometimes referred to as Series) A,B,C, or I, II, III: Because of the variety of effects she is able to achieve with the lithographic process by varying the papers, inks and transparency of color, Hibel often finds more than one combination that pleases her for a particular lithograph. Rather than eliminate all, but one section or series, the edition is developed into more than one section. For example: II 1/14 ed. 250 means that this is number one of only 14 impressions in Section II, and there are a total of 250 prints in all the sections of this subject.
Unique: A single print with a unique combination of colors and /or paper deliberately pulled to create an unusual impression. This is not a trial proof, or artist proof.
Unique and Oil, Pencil, Gold Leaf, Etc: A “unique” print that Hibel has then worked on or enhanced by her own hand with oil paint, pencil, crayon or ink. Those unique proofs that have been pulled on silk are frequently referred to as “silks”.
About the Artist
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Stone Lithography
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Creating Stone Lithograhs
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