Tamarind techniques for fine art lithography / Marjorie Devon, with Bill Lagattuta and Rodney Hamon

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-291) and index

-- The lithography workshop -- General facility needs -- Dedicated work areas -- Storage -- Workshop location -- Workshop models -- Legal structures for private professional workshops -- Business models -- Public relations -- Marketing -- Fund-raising -- Health and safety -- Ventilation -- Personal protective equipment -- Responsible storage and disposal -- Additional safety practices -- Regulatory and oversight agencies -- General health and safety guidelines -- Material data safety sheets (MSDS) -- Health and safety guidelines for products commonly used in lithography -- General equipment and materials -- Presses -- Hand press equipment -- Rollers -- Gereral shop equipment -- Chemicals -- Paper -- The development of papermaking -- Papermaking methods -- Physical properties -- Problems associated with papers -- Fine papers for proofing and editioning -- Miscellaneous papers for the workshop -- Ordering paper -- Storing papers and inventory control -- Preparing papers for edition printing -- Marking registration -- Ink -- Physical properties of inks -- Ingredients of lithographic inks -- Black inks -- Color inks -- Metallic inks -- Stone lithography -- The lithographic stone -- Stone preparation -- Drawing preparation -- Basic drawing materials and techniques -- Etching the stone -- Registration guide for multiple-run lithograph -- Aluminum plate lithography -- Types of aluminum plates -- Plate preparation -- Drawing preparation -- Basic drawing materials and techniques -- Processing an aluminum plate -- Corrections after initial roll-up -- The second etch -- Photolithography -- Creating films -- Paper -- Registration -- Exposing and printing commercial positive plates -- Exposing and printing hand-coated negative plates -- Albumen on stone -- Additional techniques -- Transfer lithography -- Subtractive techniques -- Reversal techniques -- Line engraving -- Unconventional drawing materials -- Chine collé -- Dusting with powders -- Metallics -- Polyester plates -- Waterless lithography -- Proofing and editioning -- Preliminary proofing in black ink -- Preliminary proofing in color -- Making corrections -- Bon à Tirer -- Printing the edition -- Cleaning up -- Troubleshooting -- Curatorial concerns -- Quality control -- Identifying marks -- Signing and numbering -- Designation of proofs -- Edition documentation -- Storage and care of original prints -- Packing and shipping prints -- Matting and framing prints -- Suppliers -- Measurement conversion chart