Setting Up a Home Printmaking Studio
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Printing Without a Press: Press Options
A pdf is available for download here. Akua Pin Press Akua pin press High cost option, around $250 new. This press is essentially a small diameter etching press printing drum, with pressure applied manually, by hand, rather than mechanically, by press. The commercially produced pin press is a 20 inch wide, flat surfaced [...]
Intaglio – Dry Point: Overview & History
If you are reading on a mobile device, click here to open the google slide presentation. A pdf of the Intaglio – Drypoint: Overview and Getting Started text can be downloaded here. OVERVIEW Intaglio is a printing process where a printing matrix is incised with marks, ink is forced into those marks and then the [...]
Intaglio – Dry Point: Getting Started
A pdf of the Intaglio – Drypoint: Overview and Getting Started text can be downloaded here. SUPPLIES Printing paper Printing plate/s (PETG or Tetra Pak recommended) Transfer paper and dull HB graphite pencil (if transferring a guide image) Needle tool, twisted scribe, compass point or sharp sewing needle If creating aquatint effects, sand paper or [...]