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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Homeward Bound	Paper: 13"x15" Image: 8"x10" Price: $25
Hummingbird Homemaker	Paper: 15"x12" Image: 12"x9" Price: $50
Ladybug Bonus folder included!	SIGNED by Charley Paper: 12"x12" Image: 10"x10" Price: $150
Liberty Ladybug	Paper: 10"x6" Image: 9"x5" Price: $50
Loonscape	Paper: 12-1/2"x12-1/2" Image: 9-1/2"x9-1/2" Price: $50
Mystery of the Missing Migrants	Paper: 21"x15" Image: 17"x11" Price: $50
Neck and Neck	Image Size: 12"x9" Paper Size: 15"x12" Price: $50
October Edibles	Paper: 10"x21-1/4" Image: 7-1/2"x18-3/4" Price: $50
Octoberama	Paper: 12-1/2"x12-1/2" Image: 9-1/2"x9-1/2" Price: $50
Paradise Pals	Paper: 9"x20" Image: 5"x16" Price: $50
Peril in the Petunias	Paper: 14-3/4"x12-1/4" Image: 11-3/4"x9-1/4" Price: $50
Plain and Fancy	Paper: 16-3/4"x13-1/4" Image: 13-3/4"x10-3/4" Price: $50
Pot Belly	Image: 9"x9" Paper: 12"x12" Price: $50
Puffins Passing	Paper: 12"x13-1/4" Image: 9"x10" Price: $50
Coming Soon: Quail Valley Condos	Paper: 18-1/2"x13-5/8" Image: 16"x11" Price: $50
Raccreation	Paper Size: 12 1/2"x14 1/2" Image Size: 9 1/2"x 12 1/2" Price: $50
Raccrobat	Paper: 12" x 16" Image: 8" x 11" Price: $100   Out of Stock
Slumber Party	Paper: 12-1/2"x10-1/4" Image: 10"x7-1/4" Price: $50
Spoon-fed	Image: 7"x10" Paper: 10"x13" Price: $50
Star and Stripe	Paper: 11-1/2"x11-1/2" Image: 9-3/16"x9-3/16" Price: $50
Titmouse Tidbit	Paper: 13"x12-1/2" Image: 9-1/2"x9" Price: $50
Turkey Talk	Paper: 11"x12-1/4" Image: 8"x9-1/4" Price: $50
Twoowls	Paper: 11"x7-5/16" Image: 7"x7-5/16" Price: $50
Under the Sweetgum Tree	Paper: 14-1/2"x12-1/2" Image: 11-3/8"x9-1/2" Price: $50
Upside Downside	Paper: 11-1/2"x11-1/2" Image: 8-1/2"x9-1/2" Price: $50
Vigilant Vireos	Paper: 19-1/4"x12" Image: 15"x7-3/4" Price: $50
Visit My Website	Paper: 15"x15" Image: 11-15/16"x11-15/16" Price: $50
Weasel in the Teasel	Paper: 12-1/2"x12-1/2" Image: 9-1/2"x9-1/2" Price: $50
Who's Watching Whom	Paper: 9-11/16"x19" Image: 5-15/16"x15" Price: $50
Wrental Property	Paper: 16-1/2"x12" Image: 13-1/2"x9-1/4" Price: $50
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