I’ve been wallowing in the delicious smell of oily ink today, printing up small editions of my little lino blocks inspired by the brave Miners’ Wives from the strike of 1984-1985. I’ve got a printing station set up on top of one of my plans chests and I’m using Cranfield Safewash Relief Ink with aContinue reading “Inking Up…”
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GrrrRR
Here’s the little Type arrangement printed up. I’ve been trying out different ink / paper combos and I think this is the best one for me. The ink is Cranfield Safe-Wash Relief, in Process Cyan and Process Magenta with a dab of Extender in the middle. The paper is HoSho, printed on the smooth sideContinue reading “GrrrRR”
WTAF? Revisited.
A couple of weeks ago I had a session on the Columbian Press at Swansea Print Workshop, using some antique and vintage wooden Letterpress. It didn’t work out too well, the letters were very dirty with a build up of ink and gunge over many years. I cleaned them up with vegetable oil and fineContinue reading “WTAF? Revisited.”
A Rub-Down With Wire Wool.
I spent the afternoon at Swansea Print Workshop, practising with letterpress again. After last weeks big fail, I went back to an acronym. The type is old, wooden, vintage and some possibly antique and I’m not familiar enough with it yet to be able to tell what condition it’s in until I’ve printed it. ThisContinue reading “A Rub-Down With Wire Wool.”