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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
This YouTube playlist has step-by-step videos showing how to create drypoint on both Tetra Pak and PETG plates. This series is tailored towards printing in a home printing studio with minimal supplies. Please click General Printmaking Info to learn about tearing paper, soaking paper, and drying prints. A pdf is available for download here with [...]
A pdf of the Monotype: Overview and the Monotype: Getting Started text can be downloaded here. If you are reading on a mobile device, click here to open the google slide presentation. Overview Monotypes are unique, painterly prints. Pigment is applied by drawing or painting on a smooth, unabsorbent matrix, or printing plate, such [...]
A pdf of the Monotype: Overview and the Monotype: Getting Started text can be downloaded here. SUPPLIES Printing paper Printing plate/s Stencil material/s Ink Newsprint X-acto knife and cutting mat or scissors Ruler HB graphite pencil Smooth, non-absorbent surface to mix and roll ink Brayer/s (speedball soft rubber brayers are an economical brayer) Palette knife [...]
This YouTube playlist has step-by-step videos showing how to print cyan, magenta and yellow multi-plate monotypes using additive and subtractive approaches, as well as stencils. This series is tailored towards printing in a home printing studio with minimal supplies. A pdf of the Monotype: Overview and the Monotype: Getting Started text can be downloaded here. [...]
