ARTURAS JONAUSKAS

New Collotype: Transforming the Photomechanical Process into an Artistic Printing Method

Collotype, invented in France in 1855 as a photomechanical printing method, reached its peak in the last century. Today, it is almost forgotten in its original form.

By working at the intersection of photography and classical printing techniques, I am reviving phototype through my work and creativity as an authorial method of artistic printing. This involves transforming photographs into prints—unique graphic works created with the artist’s personal involvement.

I am reinterpreting collotype as a photomechanical process, offering artists the opportunity to create with a new printing technique. This enables them to produce printed graphics in their own studios.

I make the process accessible and independent of complex equipment.

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