The following is an introduction to the process of making
original, fine art lithographs and the methods used to care for
them. Standards may vary at different workshops. Aloys
Senefelder, who invented lithography in 1798, preferred to call
it "chemical printing", since the process depends on the
chemical interaction of grease, nitric acid, gum arabic, and
water, rather than the stone from which the name lithography is
derived. Although the term can refer to commercially reproduced
images, such as those on posters or in magazines, at Tamarind a
lithograph is an image made by an artist who works closely with
an artisan printer. what 's the difference between a "print" and
a fine art print? A truly "original" print, however, directly
involves the artist, who uses the special qualities of the
printmaking process--whether it is etching, engraving,
serigraphy (or silk screen), woodcut, mezzotint, or lithography
--to express his or her ideas. Some artists print their images
themselves. Others work collaboratively wi