Editions · Tibertatar
Tibertatar is the name K. Lious uses for her editions. They are etchings, printed by hand on cotton paper and on silk.
Carré with hand-rolled edges, edition of 3
Spagiria
Spagiria is a series of etchings on triangular zinc plates. Each sheet is built around an officinal plant, drawn from old herbals and illuminated codices, among them the Vienna Dioscorides. The title comes from spagyrics, the alchemical medicine that made remedies from plants by separating their parts and joining them again. Each plate is printed by hand by Luigi Ferranti in a single colour, in an edition of 25.
Work in progress, 2023
Drawing on the plate for Spagiria
The printer
K. Lious’s etchings are printed by hand by her printer, Luigi Ferranti, at his Studio L’Acquaforte in Rome. For over fifty years Ferranti has worked with artists including Renzo Vespignani, Giorgio de Chirico, Alberto Sughi, Ugo Attardi, Ennio Calabria, Franz Borghese, Carlo Cattaneo and Sebastian Matta. He prints only on historic presses, two of them from the nineteenth century, recognised by the Italian Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities for their historical and ethnographic value. In 2005 the City of Rome named him Master of Craftsmanship.
Each plate is inked and wiped by hand and goes through the press on its own. When the same plate is printed twice in mirror image, as on the carré and on the etching on three plates, it goes through the press twice.
Studio L’Acquaforte, Rome, 2022
Work in progress, 2021–22
Drawing on the plate, etching, proofs on silk
Commissions
K. Lious engraves coats of arms and monograms on commission, printed by hand as etchings.
Coat of arms, 2021
Etching, commission
She also prints on clothes people already own. Rather than make new garments, she works on the ones that already exist, in natural fabrics, and each becomes a single piece. Write to studio@karolinaliusikova.com.
Paintings are available through the studio. Write to studio@karolinaliusikova.com.
Newsletter
New editions and exhibitions, a few times a year.
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