#devraj dakoji

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Devraj Dakoji - “Composite House” (1963)

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Last Friday Master Printer Devraj Dakoji visited Jill's lithography class and did a demo on printing stone litho in Sharpie! Devraj was born in India and works at Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, he teaches at the workshop and at Manhattanville College. Here are some photos from his visit.

He drew on the stone with several materials, litho crayons and a variety of markers so we could see which would work. He worked on two stones, one grained to 220 grit and another to 400 grit:

Then he processed the two stones, one with gum and nitric acid and one with straight TAPEM:

The two stones washed out and ready to be rolled up:

Devraj and Jill try to identify a can of ink (he later showed us how to do so by smelling it):

Roll up and second etch:

First proof:

We had a great time and learned a ton!

Visit Blackburn's website to learn more about the shop and it's workshops!

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This weekend Master Printer Devraj Dakoji traveled to give our lithography class a two day workshop on both Saturday and Sunday. 

1.) Devraj drying a drawing transferred to his stone via a piece of old Indian transfer paper.

2.) Devraj (day 2,) drawing on an aluminum plate with toner washes.

3.) Final prints from day 2.

This was a great workshop, and overall great experience. Seeing Devraj work was meditative, and only pushes me to print more.