7/21/2023 0 Comments Intaglio press for sale![]() How to do this? I wanted to make a portable machine similar to the one I had used months before but I wanted it to be a multi printer which would be hands on and tough, very tough, to last a lifetime. I started to doodle and make plans of a printing machine I could possibly make. ![]() Finally months later I wanted to print off it. My first large plate was a long one 12 x 55 inches in steel ‘The Ring of Brodgar Stone Circle’ I worked on this plate for weeks and weeks. What to do? I decided to give up printing for a time but started to make plates as art. The side frame that went bang just missed my head and imbedded itself in my wooden studio wall. I had had the rollers replaced with steel ones but did not realise cast iron frames do not withstand the pressure needed to print an etching plate. The side frame exploded when I put too much pressure down. I did this and do not recommend to anyone else. A man at a London college suggested to convert an old mangle. I discovered later that the printing bed had warped and I stood small chance of getting good results. The next machine was a traditional Little John machine which never printed well. I remember battling with a portable machine someone lent me, the prints made from it were poor and inconsistent. At the time back in the early eighties I could not afford to buy a machine of my own so I was forced to use college machines whilst part time teaching. I nearly gave up printmaking in the early months as I barely got anything off the plates I was working with. Living on the edge and trying to flow with the etching process is no easy way forward. ![]() But as printmaker’s we live and breathe the excitement! I know from my own experience that the first pull off a new etching plate is nerve biting stuff because you can never be sure of what you are going to exactly find. “A lot of people I meet get grabbed by the many avenues printmaking has to offer. History of the Gunning Arts Press Printmaking touched me on the shoulder over thirty years ago and is still firmly sitting there. For the full specifications, prices and how to order the Gunningarts printing press machines click here or call Jenny or Sarah Gunning on 01952434033 for more information. ![]()
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