Barbara Frith uses many printmaking methods. "Bareback Rider" is a colored lithograph. This is a process of printing usually done on a 200# limestone that is based on the unmixability of grease and water. The various colors are done on separate plates that demand careful registration. .... The mono print such as "Nude Resting" the print surface is unworked. Usually one impression is made from a non-absorbent plate like plexiglass. The same method is used in "Santa Inez Valley". .... "Cyclamen" is a drypoint...which is done like an etching in process, where a sharp etching tool cuts directly into the copper or plexiglass plate. The burr creates the line. A gentler inking process is used than in most etching technique. .... "Fish Family" is a wood cut. Woodcuts are a relief printing process in which a plank of wood is gouged to create the white (non-printing) areas of an image. The remaining surface of the wood is rolled with ink, and paper pressed against these flat areas is imprinted with the image. Barbara does most of her relief prints by hand or foot. A Japanese technique. Similar to linoleum block prints.