Carnival #2 Print - Limited Edition of 1

Artur Jonauskas, (b. 1967, Russia) | +7 (921) 311 3567 Manifesto Author’s collotype Collotype, developed in 1855 in France by Alphonse-Louis Poitevin as a method of photomechanical reproduction of an image, had been used till the 2nd part of the 20th century. Although collotype had flourished as a printing technology for reproducing illustrations and lost its relevance in printing industry by the present moment, it still remains the printing technique with outstanding expressive qualities. The time has come for collotype to be recovered as an independent graphic technique for reproducing works of authorship, to be designated as an art form. This manifesto is a call to artists using this technique for promotion and development of the collotype printing technique as the original author’s method of printing their works. Arthur Jonauskas March 16, 2015