Manual Lithograph Vocabulary

Used along with other litho drawing materials, these dense, black, greasy crayons are especially designed for sketching directly on a lithographic stone.

• litho fans

• litho crayons

• litho paper

An original print created using the process of lithography.

• A lithograph

• A lythograph

• Lithography

Used to dry off the litho stone after graining, during drawing, etc.

• litho fan

• litho ink

• litho stone

A heavy circular metal disc with an eccentric handle for graining lithographic stones.

• alligator

• levigator

• levitator

Printing material composed of pigment, binder, and vehicle.

• ink

• inc

• sync

A hard, heavy resistant material (often thick glass, marble, or even granite) used to mix and roll out ink. Basically the equivalent of a painting palette for printmaking.

• ink paper

• ink slab

• litho slab

used with nitric acid to etch the image into the stone. It's also used to protect the sensitized litho stone from greasy drawing materials. When buffed onto the surface of the litho image, gum arabic preserves the image for future printing.

• a fan

• gum Indian

• gum arabic

A dark colored, powder or sand-like abrasive made of silicone carbide used for graining litho stones.

• carborundam

• ink powder

• carborundum

A loosely-woven cotton cloth used during the etching process to wipe up and buff in gum arabic.

• A cheesecloth

• A cheetah cloth

• A chiacloth

Used as an inking base, asphaltum is buffed into the image areas of the litho stone surface before being rolled up with ink.

• Asphaltum

• Asmonthum

• Aslithom