About The Artist:
John Sommers
John Sommers received his undergraduate degree in psychology at Albion College. In the late 1960s, as a Printer Fellow, he trained at the Tamarind Lithography Workshop in Los Angeles. In 1970, he moved with the Tamarind Lithography Workshop to Albuquerque as its Studio Manager and Master Printer in charge of the Printer Training Program. From 1975-1983 Sommers was the Technical Director of Tamarind Institute. In 1975, Sommers also took on...
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About The Medium:
Lithograph
A print created using flat stones or metal plates. The artist creates a lithograph by drawing an image directly onto the printing element using materials like lithograph crayons or special grease pencils. After this, the drawing is transferred from the plate to the paper in multiples. A lithograph will not have dots when examined with a magnifying glass.