Lion Dandy and Cub // 10 color serigraph

Lion Dandy and Cub // 10 color serigraph

 

THE GRANDVILLE SERIES

The Grandville Series celebrates the art of nineteenth-century illustrator J.J. Grandville in an exercise of complex screen printing. Each limited-edition serigraph isolates elements from Grandville’s single-color drawings, removing them from their nineteenth-century context to display them in a new world of color.

Ultimately this series is about the printing process. The utilization of rich color, ink transparency, and halftone blending techniques all showcase the artistic potential of the medium

The Son // 9 color serigraph

The Son // 9 color serigraph

Medical Student // 9 color serigraph

Medical Student // 9 color serigraph

THE DETAILS

The Grandville Series is printed on archival, acid-free 100# cover stock with the finest serigraph water-based ink. Each image has been removed from its original setting, meticulously recreated, redefined, and colorized using spot color, halftone blends, transparency, and pattern.

All of the custom colors are carefully hand mixed. Metallic ink elements can be found throughout the series.

Each color is printed using a separate screen, e.g., a 10 color print takes 10 different screens.

One color is printed at a time, and each screen is aligned to the previous by using a 4 point registration system.

Every print is created by ink pushed through the screen onto the paper. The press is manually set with micro-adjustments of print angle, pressure and speed.

There 11 prints total, each a limited edition of 50, and between 9 and 11 printed colors.

The Duelist // 9 color serigraph

The Duelist // 9 color serigraph

THE FOOTNOTES

Jean-Ignace-Isidore Gerard (1803-1847), known as J.J. Grandville, was a French Illustrator and caricaturist. These illustrations are taken from his Scenes de la vie privee et publique des animaux (Scenes of the Private and Public Life of the Animals), also known as Les Animaux (1840-1842).

Triple Stamp Press is a professional water-based screen printing shop based in Old Town Manchester, RVA. They print apparel, posters, stationery, and packaging.

Wil Loyal is the head printmaker, artist, and director of The Granville Series. Loyal has been printing for over 15 years. He founded Triple Stamp Press in 2010 with Jonathan Vassar.