Hello Community,
I am new to your site, thank you for having me. I am an artist, painting and drawing primarily. The last year I have been collaborating with a lithograqph techinian creating mostly stone lithographs. With stone and plate lithographs there is a process called, "Chine-Colle', one can uses Japanese papers or other thin, colored or printed papers instead of colored ink on the whole print or parts.
I would like to use a thin leather or 'pleather' that can be used like the fine thin papers for Chine-Colle. The process is: the paper gets a thin coating of glue like a book making glue 'Jade' glue or spray glue is good. the glue side is placed on the heavy art paper that artists use for prints, then one lays the Japanese paper side on the inked stone or plate, a 'tapan' or extra-large sheet of plexiglass or aluminum lays on top and the whole thing is run through an art printing press. You lift off the protectant metal or plexi then carefully lift off the print paper. Whith Chine-Colle you will see the image of the drawing (from the stone or plate) on the Japanese paper that is now glued to the heavier art paper. It looks like the artist printed the texture of the Japanese paper and color under the usually black in drawing.
I would like to use a thin leather or faux leather instead of Japanese paper for a particular drawing I have completed today. MY subject, a friend who makes truly inspirational leather outfits as a way to support himself through art school.
The leather could be 'toothy' like a suede but not too absorbant. The color has to receed a bit for the black ink drawing to show, especially the nuanced painted parts where I used 'Touche' that gives a light, shaded and tiny spotted look. A dark brown, Hunter green, Red would work, too.
The size must be 16 X 20 inch no smaller and completely even, machine cut.
DOes anyone know of a source for this type of product?
Thank you,
Print Maker
