Teasels - original foil lithography print by artist and printmaker Lisa Benson

Teasels

Included in the January sale.

Limited edition of 7 prints.

Print size approx 20 x 19cm

Paper size approx 28 x 27cm

£60.00

Further Info

Teasels

A handmade original foil lithography print by printmaker and artist Lisa Benson.

Teasels growing on the edge of grassland, their easily recognisable seed heads small acts of beauty within the winter landscape. Here they are dominant, the landscape merely suggested behind them against a dark wintery sky.

Limited edition of 7 prints.

Print size approx 20 x 19cm

Paper size approx 28 x 27cm

This foil lithography print (also known as kitchen lithography) is made up of five layers of ink printed on top of each other. Each printing plate is made using aluminium foil onto which marks are made before sensitising the foil so it can be inked by hand using a damp sponge and an oil based ink on a roller. The process is somewhat delicate as it is easy to tear the foil but despite it’s troublesome nature it does give the opportunity to create some wonderful marks on the printing plate.

The inks used for this print are Caligo Etching Inks.

The paper is acid free which means it will not yellow and break down.

Although all care is taken to represent the prints as well as possible in the photographs, colours may appear slightly differently on screen to the actual print.

Delivery

The print is wrapped in acid free tissue paper before going into either a sturdy 75mm postal tube or being sandwiched between sheets of card and posted out to you. Delivery is in the UK only via my website. Apologies but delivery is currently unavailable to BT postcodes and the EU.

Handmade Prints

These prints are all handmade and as such there can be slight variations in the prints in an edition, though these are very slight. It means that each print in an edition is unique and is an original in it’s own right.

Varied Editions (VE)

Prints that are marked VE by the edition number are part of a varied edition. This means there are enough difference between the prints that they are sold by their individual number.

Please bear in mind that although I take every care to photograph the prints as faithfully as possible there can also be variations in colour between what you view on a screen and the original print.

Delivery

At the current time only UK postage inside the UK is available due to changes in the overseas postal services.

Ordering more than one print?

Please do contact me for a single postage cost when purchasing multiple prints in one order.

Sending Your Prints

Unmounted Prints

Smaller prints are sent in a flat, card backed envelope, a cardboard reinforced package or in a postal tube.

All larger unmounted prints are sent in a ridged cardboard tube to arrived safely with you. Prints sent in a tube will need to be carefully unrolled and flattened out.

Mounted Prints

Smaller mounted prints will be sent in a card backed envelope with additional padding to prevent damage. Larger mounted prints are packed between sheets of thick card and then wrapped in paper to protect them.