- Colombian Street Art for Home -
Background
In the Colombian city of Cali, the capital of salsa and the protest movements against the grievances in the country, a small printing workshop - with the help of a small group of artists - has successfully resisted the ubiquitous digital transformation in recent years and brought classic poster printing back to life in its most original form.
Since then, renowned street artists from all over Latin America have come together in numerous workshops to put their colorful and world-famous street art down on paper. Only methods from the early years of printing technology (including lithographic printing) are used. The design is painstakingly scratched on linoleum or wood, which is then used as a printing plate for the historical machines from the years 1870 - 1890 is used.
The artworks created in the course of these workshops are printed in limited editions on unbleached sugar cane paper, numbered and finally signed by the respective artist.
- Features -
After painstaking completion, some posters (find details in respective product description) are marked as follows:
- Sizes -
The posters are produced in different sizes , each individual design is only available in a certain size - see online shop .
To give you an idea of the most common sizes (50x35 cm, 70x50 cm and 66x100 cm), you can find a comparison below in the image below:
In addition there are occasional posters with the dimensions 50x70 cm and 100x70 cm.
- Paper -
Printed on high-quality and ecological CALIMA® paper, made in Colombia by a German manufacturer. This 100 percent sugar cane paper is an environmental-friendly alternative because it is made from sugar cane fibers - a by-product of sugar production in the Cauca Valley - and protects the country's valuable tree population.
No bleaching or dyeing chemicals are used in the production process, allowing the paper to retain its natural cream color.
Please note that due to the printing methods used, the historic machinery and massive handwork, some of the posters may contain slight smears. These minor blemishes are to be understood as the fingerprint of each individual poster and testify their authenticity.
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