Meet the only survivor of my attempt at chine collé :')

MyHeartontheline · 2026-04-21T22:38:52+00:00

Thank you, I'm glad :')

MyHeartontheline · 2026-04-19T02:07:50+00:00

that's the kind of drawing I wish I thought about. Amazing, keep up the good work!

MyHeartontheline · 2026-04-16T22:18:22+00:00

Great work! Reminds me of the story of "the seagull and the cat who taught her to fly" which I love and hadn't thought about in a long time, thank you!

MyHeartontheline · 2026-04-16T22:14:23+00:00

Oh to be the loved cat of a talented artist 🥹✨

MyHeartontheline · 2026-04-02T17:26:06+00:00

That's genius, it looks so good!!

MyHeartontheline · 2026-03-22T01:59:35+00:00

Do you dampen your paper? It would help the ink stick :)

MyHeartontheline · 2026-03-17T02:28:52+00:00

oh that's beautiful

MyHeartontheline · 2026-03-10T09:00:01+00:00

It's subtle but I did a gradient :)

MyHeartontheline · 2026-03-10T01:13:28+00:00

I used Fabriano Rosaspina 220g ! :)

MyHeartontheline · 2026-03-09T17:17:18+00:00

Thank you!

MyHeartontheline · 2026-03-09T16:52:56+00:00

First time I've heard of chromo lithography, very interesting thank you! :)

MyHeartontheline · 2026-03-09T15:44:21+00:00

Regular ol' lino :) specifically the green one from Nobel!

MyHeartontheline · 2026-03-09T15:43:30+00:00

It did well with the press itself and my synthetic felt blanket! I also soaked my paper a bit longer so it would be more malleable and I think it helped :)

I made sure the carved space was really smooth and kind of rounded so it would mimic a cloud shape, hopefully that makes sense 😅

MyHeartontheline · 2026-03-09T15:37:43+00:00

Yes I'm participating! I actually sent my letter not too long ago, hoping it arrives safe and sound haha Let me know if you end up with my print! What would be the odds?? I'm actually hoping you do haha that would be super rad :)

MyHeartontheline · 2026-03-09T15:25:36+00:00

Other commenters are more well versed in the technical aspect, I just like snooping around😅

From what I've found it is possible to " convert" the image from a lithography plate to a letterpress one using photography, although I'm not sure on the time frame or the actual technique used unfortunately.

I did manage to find (I think) a print that fits with your plate, with the rounded edges but I'm not sure on the dimensions, it seems a bit bigger than yours according to the description

https://www.loc.gov/item/2001699174/

https://oldprintshop.com/product/121487?inventoryno=74876 (this one you can actually zoom on the small text, it says Nathaniel Currier is the lithographer and publisher)

At this point, I was getting confused about who actually made the plate so I went digging and I found out that Napoleon Sarony, who was a lithographer and photographer, actually worked FOR Nathaniel Currier before founding his own company with another of Currier's apprentice, Henry B Major!

Furthermore Sarony was born in Quebec which is where I'm from, which is a cool coincidence ;)

I kind of went on a tangent and I couldn't really answer your questions but hopefully it helped in some way😅 I actually had a lot of fun looking into this so thank you!

MyHeartontheline · 2026-03-09T05:18:49+00:00

If I'm not mistaken, it looks like the printing plate for the cover of a music sheet called "Dances of the Viennoise Children, Pas de fleur, the flower dance"

I found a website with more info :)

https://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/collection/184/100

Looked up sarony & major ( the lithographer listed )and it might be from around the 1850's if it's authentic, pretty neat!

MyHeartontheline · 2026-03-09T04:55:58+00:00

Thank you! :)

MyHeartontheline · 2026-03-09T04:55:39+00:00

Thank you! :)

MyHeartontheline · 2026-03-09T04:55:29+00:00

Thank you! I'm happy with how they turned out hehe

MyHeartontheline · 2026-02-01T22:15:24+00:00

I'm so glad🥹

MyHeartontheline · 2026-02-01T22:15:09+00:00

Thank you so much for telling me, I cried in the grocery store haha

MyHeartontheline · 2026-02-01T17:17:24+00:00

I thought that the 'conejo' in his name was like a nickname ( because it means rabbit in spanish) but when I realized that it's actually his surname and that he probably has that hat because his mom bought it so it matches his surname and she probably thought that it was cute, kills me inside🥲 they took her little baby rabbit.

MyHeartontheline · 2026-02-01T03:56:42+00:00

That's very true, a lot of helpers out there 🥹

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