GLOSSARY OF ART TERMS

For the purpose of clarification, we define the following terms as applied to works on this site.

Archival: Should last until discovered with the next Dead Sea Scrolls. Very much like the original in a hundred + years. Lasting vibrant , non-yellowing color and non-deteriorating materials and painting surfaces. Museum quality.

Block Prints : A hand-pulled process in which a block is carved from wood or linoleum or other surface, hand inked, and printed onto paper. Each color is a different run, printed again and again as the block is carved.

Chine Colle’: A hand-pulled printing process involving printing ink and the creating of collage at the same time.

Collagraph: A hand-pulled process in which a plate is constructed of various materials, inked, and the ink is
rubbed to create an intaglio print.

Colored Pencil: Archival wax and/or water based professional art pencils. We use non-fugitive colors applied
with a very fine tip, layered one over the other. An extremely time-consuming process... Not your 5th grade mapmaking pencils!

Colored Pencil Society of America: CPSA is a professional national organization with an international membership devoted to the promotion and recognition of the colored pencil medium, and the artists who use them. Artist, Carla McConnell is a charter (original) and signature (internationally exhibited) member.

Combination Print: A print utilizing combined printmaking techniques.

Etching: A hand-pulled intaglio print usually using resist, acid, a metal plate, etching ink, and an etching press.
Etchings may use the scarification of plate surface using tools and solvents.

Giclee’: This term now commonly refers to digital reproductions. Our process uses professional, special art digital printers and archival inks on archival papers. All giclee’ prints are not created equal. Ours are museum quality. This method is rivaling the long-established offset lithographic process.

Hand-Pulled Print: The artist makes each print by hand. Our hand-pulled prints may include monotypes, block prints, serigraphs, collagraphs, etchings, and multi-printmaking compositions.

Intaglio: A hand-pulled method where ink is rubbed into the surface of a plate and printed.

Limited Edition: A preset number of prints. If limited, the edition (of the same image) is recorded, in pencil, at the bottom left directly under the print. Example: 40/1000 means your print is number 40 out of a total of 1000 prints produced. No more prints will ever be reproduced. These prints are also labeled with the title of the piece and hand-signed by the artist.

Offset Lithograph: Currently, this is the industry standard for fine art reproductions using special lithographic presses and archival inks. In our process, the artist has complete control over color output. So, hues match the
original very closely.

Monotype/Monoprint: One hand-pulled print. Because of the process, each print is unique. Our monotypes are
usually rendered by painting with oil-based etching or lithographic inks on a metal plate and running it through an etching press to embed inks into a paper surface. The original Small Sisters series was done in this manner and, in some cases, embellished with other media.

Multimedia: Art materials used in combination.

Open Edition: The edition of prints is not limited to any number of reproductions. Most open editions are not signed in any form at the bottom. Our Hand-Signed Open Editions include a signature by the artist in pencil under the printed image.

Serigraph: A hand-pulled process where each print color is inked through a silk screen.

Water Media/Aqueous Media: Any or all of the following media: watercolor, watercolor pencils, acrylic paints, inks; virtually any water-based art media.