Finishing the Raven print ~

This is the press setup for the last color, black.

Here is the finished print. ~ "The Raven"



Here is an excerpt from the tale written in 1634 by Giambattista Basile.

-The King, seeing the bright red blood sprinkled upon the white, white marble, heaved a deep sigh and exclaimed, "O heavens! and cannot I have a wife as white and red as this stone, and with hair and eyebrows as black as the feathers of this raven?" And he stood for a while so buried in this thought... -

Progress on Raven print ~

Working on the last block for the Raven print.

The block on the easel will be a dark grey. The one in progress uses the same image transferred to the block as the grey. It will be carved a little bigger on the perimeter, have carving for feathers and will print in black over the grey.

Vandercook 14 lockup bar ~

I couldn't find a lockup bar for this size of press

so we came up with our own version.

Vandercook 14 ~

Just a little picture of the Vandercook. There are grippers but they are on the right side of the cylinder as you see it here. I like to use this press if I am doing prints on thicker papers or prints that have more colors than I want to print by hand.
Such a peach ~

Nolan proof press ~

The image in the previous post was printed on this press.

Visitors ~

Unwelcome visitors.



Intaglio printed woodblock on Nolan proof press