Low-Tech Print by Williamson Caspar;

Author:Williamson, Caspar;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing

Eltono, Pixo Gratis.

When Spanish street artist Eltono visited São Paulo in 2007, he was invited by Choque Cultural Gallery to go to a Lambe-Lambe printing workshop and design his own posters. The posters shown above, entitled Pixo Gratis, were influenced by the same style he had been observing in the street of the city. Playing with the size of the letters and some metal ‘separators’, the printers designed the text following basic instructions that Eltono had written on a piece of paper.

The Lambe-Lambe technique is essentially woodblock printing. Once an illustration or drawing has been carved and composed within the lock-up and type, it is wedged with small pieces of metal. Then the poster is printed with a system of inked rollers, deploying nine tonnes of pressure. Half the inking roller is charged with one colour and the other half with another colour, creating the famous ‘dégradé’ or ‘rainbow effect’ so characteristic of Lambe-Lambe posters.

In 2009 British street artist Kid Acne was introduced to Choque Cutural after spending a few days in São Paulo. Choque Cultural were kind enough to give him a tour of their gallery and studio, resulting in his introduction to the world of Lambe-Lambe. Kid Acne’s posters Já Vi Pior (I’ve Seen Worse) and Melhor Que Nada (Better Than Nothing) (above) were printed on a range of stock of varying quality, as is traditional with Lambe-Lambe. A selection of prints were produced on 250gsm quality stock, with a four-colour screenprint featuring Kid Acne’s trademark ‘Stabby Woman’. He later went into São Paulo with some of his original prints to paste them among the other Lambe-Lambe posters and Brazilian street art.

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