Paper Matters — Limited-edition fine art prints — for the curious collector.

Technique

Lithography

A collector's guide to lithography: what a lithograph is, how it's made, how to recognise an original, and why the technique still matters.

Step into a world of substance, where the texture of paper, the weight of ink, and the marks made by the artist's hand are all part of the story.

At Paper Matters, a print is not a reproduction of a work that exists in another medium—it is the work itself, carved, rolled, or pulled by hand. The artists in our collection treat the edition as a discipline rather than a shortcut, often working with master printmakers whose craft shapes the final piece. The result is work grounded in slowness and intention—art that is made, not generated.

Recent Essays

What is a lithograph?

Lithography

What is a lithograph?

A lithograph is a print pulled from a flat stone or plate via the chemistry of grease and water — distinct from a woodcut, etching, or photomechanical reproduction.

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What Is a Screen Print?

Screen Printing

What Is a Screen Print?

What sets an original fine-art screen print apart from a commercial print or a digital reproduction — the technique, the names it goes by, and the artists working in it now.

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Ukiyo-e

Woodcut

Ukiyo-e

Ukiyo-e, the "pictures of the floating world" — a collector's guide to the Japanese woodblock tradition: how the prints were made, their masters, and originals versus reproductions.

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Artists in our collection

Ethan Murrow

Ethan Murrow

Contemporary American artist working in stone lithography. The collection includes a set of three 2025 editioned prints from D+S Fine Art Editions in Paris.

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Martin Whatson

Martin Whatson

Norwegian stencil and street artist. The collection holds two prints: Poise, a 2026 screen print, and Equilibrium, a 2022 woodblock made with Tokyo's Adachi Institute.

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Conor Harrington

Conor Harrington

Contemporary Irish artist working in screen printing. The collection includes his screen prints "Welcome to the Cabaret" (2026) and "Elvis is Back in the Building" (2025), both from his Ben Brown show "Pallium".

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