Lithographs

Open Edition prints from the art of Charley Harper. Each print is stamped with the official seal of The Charley Harper Art Studio and comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by Brett Harper, Charley's son and the manager of The Charley Harper Art Studio.

Lithography is a method for printing using a plate with a completely smooth surface.

Lithography uses chemical processes to create an image. For instance, the positive part of an image would be a hydrophobic chemical, while the negative image would be hydrophilic. Thus, when the plate is introduced to a compatible printing ink and water mixture, the ink will adhere to the positive image and the water will clean the negative image. This allows a flat print plate to be used, enabling much longer and more detailed print runs than the older physical methods of printing.

In offset lithography, which depends on photographic processes, flexible aluminum, plastic or paper printing plates are used. The plate is affixed to a cylinder on a printing press. Dampening rollers apply water, which covers the blank portions of the plate but is repelled by the emulsion of the image area. Ink, which is hydophobic, is then applied by the inking rollers, which is repelled by the water and only adheres to the emulsion of the image area--such as the type and photographs on a newspaper page.

If this image were directly transferred to paper, it would create a negative image and the paper would become too wet. Instead, the plate rolls against a cylinder covered with a rubber blanket, which squeezes away the water,picks up the ink and transfers it to the paper with accurate pressure. The paper rolls across the blanket drum and the image is transferred to the paper. Because the image is first transferred, or offset to the rubber drum, this reproduction method is known as offset lithography.

source: wikipedia.com

 

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A Different Drummer	Paper: 15-1/2"x12-1/2" Image: 13"x10" Price: $50
A Good World	Paper: 16"x15-5/16" Image: 12"x11-5/16" Price: $50
A Ladybug Sampler	Paper: 6-1/2"x25" Image: 3-1/2"x21-5/8" Price: $50
A Passel of Possums	Paper: 7-1/4"x18-1/2" Image: 4-3/4"x15-7/8" Price: $50
Backyard Birds	Paper: 13"x16" Image:9"x12" Price: $50
( Who Can Hide) Better'N A Bittern	Paper: 8"x26-1/2" Image: 5"x23-1/2" Price: $50
Birch Bark & Birds (Nuthatches)	Paper: 12"x12" Image: 9"x9" Price: $50
Birdfeeders	Paper: 20"x12" Image: 16"x8" Price: $50
Box Seat	Paper: 10"x12" Image: 7"x9" Price: $50
Birdie	Paper:11-3/8"x12" Image: 8-3/8"x9" Price: $50
Blue Jay Patrol	Paper: 11-1/2"x14" Image: 8-1/2"x11" Price: $50
Cardinal Closeup	Paper: 15-1/2"x12" Image: 13-1/2"x9-1/8" Price: $50
Cardinal Couple	Paper: 12"x11-1/2" Image: 9"x8-1/2" Price: $50
Cardinal Cuisine	Paper: 13-7/8"x10-1/2"" Image: 11-1/4"x8" Price: $50
Carribean Cruisers (migrating Kirtland's Warblers)	Paper: 17-1/2"x12-7/8" Image: 13-1/2"x8-7/8" Price: $50
Charley's Cardinal	Paper: 8-1/2"x11" Image: 5-1/2"x8" Price: $25
Chickadee Calisthenics	Paper: 10-1/2"x13" Image: 7-1/2"x10" Price: $50
Chimney Chums	Paper: 9"x20-5/8" Image:6"x17-1/2"" Price: $50
Condominimum (Purple Martins)	Paper: 12"x12" Image: 9-1/4"x9-1/4" Price: $50
Coniferous Cardinal	Paper:14-1/2"x14-1/2" Image:11-1/2"x11-1/2"" Price: $50
Don't Bug Me	Paper: 18-1/4"x14" Image: 15-1/2"x11" Price: $50
Doublelucky	Paper: 12"x11-3/4" Image: 9"x9" Price: $50
Friends of Our Families	Paper: 15-1/8"x13-1/2" Image: 12-1/8"x10-1/2" Price: $50
Furrin Feathers	Paper: 13-7/8"x18-1/4" Image: 10-7/8"x15-1/4" Price: $50
Gallinule and Gator	Paper: 12-1/2"x12-1/2" Image: 9-1/2"x9-1/2" Price: $50
Gray Jay	Paper: 9-11/16"x19" Image: 5-15/16"x15" Price: $50
Gregarious Grosbeaks	Paper: 14-3/4"x11-3/4" Image: 11-3/4"x8-3/4" Price: $50
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