Henry Trivick was the great grandson of the artist Benjamin West. He studied at Central School of Arts and Crafts, London, later teaching lithography there. Trivick was a friend of the painter Stanley Spencer, collaborating with him to produce lithographs from Spencer’s drawings. He published Autolithography in 1960 and The Craft and Design of Monumental Brasses in 1969.

 

Glossary

  • Craft

    The creation of handmade objects intended to be both useful and decorative.

  • Design

    The arrangement of elements or details in an artefact or a work of art.

  • Lithography

    Lithography means, literally, stone drawing. In addition to fine grain lithographic stones, metal plates can also be used for lithography. The method relies on the fact that grease repels water. An image is drawn in a greasy medium onto the stone or plate, which is then dampened with water. Greasy printing ink rolled onto that surface will adhere to the design but be repelled by the damp area. The inked image is transferred to the paper via a press. For large editions, the grease is chemically fixed to the stone, and gum arabic, which repels any further grease marks but does not repel water, is applied to the rest of the surface. For colour lithography the artist uses a separate stone or plate for each colour required.