I am the young sponge to the incredible amounts of knowledge you have here on you're channel. A true treasure for anyone to learn. Thank you so much. Great content!
Hi Bill Ritchie, the Mini-Halfwood I've got from you, is still working very fine with different techniques: cold-point intaglio, "hot-point" intaglio, embossing, relief-printig from wood, copper, carton-board >new: motiv made with a mini-laser-engraver, linol-cut, and a lot more... Every idea/experiment is easy to realise, because the press is stored beside my desk-top ;-) Thank you again -ekk-
Thanks, Nick Doe, I made the plate, yes, but not carving. I etched it with the same method I made the medallions that I decorated the press with. See that in a video called Make A Badge. thanks for the compliments, makes my day!
Letterpress with the Mini-Halfwood: the frames of the Adana 8 x 5" fits to the Mini-Halfwood with 14cm rolers. So you can letterpress also with the Halfewood.
I'm working on that, but I need to know how. Thinking of rent-to-buy. Educator specials. Group. Subscriptions. Many ideas - even using interactive sketchbooks, if you know what I mean.
Question: Do you not put the cardinal directions in the lat/long? 47.626N 122.34W Seattle, USA 47.626N 122.34E Rural China 47.626S 122.34W Middle of Pacific Ocean 47.626S 122.34E Middle of the Southern Ocean
@@BillRitchie Ahh, it possibly does. Perhaps for longitude, N is positive and S is negative, while for latitude, E is positive and W is negative, but only the negative sign is used, so that: 47.626 -122.34 Seattle, USA 47.626 122.34 Rural China -47.626 -122.34 Middle of Pacific Ocean -47.626 122.34 Middle of the Southern Ocean
@@nashvillain171 This was a good lesson, thank you. I want to reward you with one of the prints from this series based on Rembrandt's self-portrait if you send your physical address to me by some confidential means like Friend me on Facebook or whatever works for you. My website is emeraldaworks.com.
@@BillRitchie Bill, that's so very kind of you. Your offer is unnecessary, but I will graciously accept and drop you an email. How exciting! 😄 Thank you, sir!
The "mat" in this case refers to the popular framing method for a finished, presentable artwork - such as this intaglio print. In rotogravure (which is not what this video is about) there may be a mat involved but I am not sure because I don't know much about true rotogravure printing. It may be similar to offset lithography printing were there is a blanket (or mat?) involved, which receives the ink and then transfers from there to the finished paper for the final, presentable print. Think of the mat in my video as a "window" inside the picture frame. I hope I got your question right - if not, reply. And thank you! - BR
@@BillRitchie Well rotogravure is a form of intaglio printing, though more commonly the engraving is a series of dots than lines. In rotogravure a doctor blade puts ink into the engraved cylinder, also another one wipes the rest of the cylinder’s surface clean. Then the print material is fed between two rollers, one if which has the engraving, the other just opposes. The gap and the print material properties alone sets the pressure. The print material gets squeezed into the engraving and takes up the ink. In general crafting intaglio style printing, I see people sandwich the paper and engraving between a blanket of sorts. I know this video is about intaglio printing, but the two are related and I was just wondering if the blanket evens out the applied pressure or some other purpose.
@@weirdsciencetv4999 I get it now - THAT blanket. It is often a thin wool blanket with two purposes: One, it pushes the softened (damp) paper into the intaglio lines to catch the ink and, two, it absorbs the water from the damp paper. Sometimes a person might forget the paper and, if that happens, the felt blanket gets printed! Not a good thing. Thanks again. - BR
can someone explain why need to clean the plate? i know if you make alot of prints you dont need to clean it before each print right? you can perhaps clean it at the end of the session?
Sorry I took a long time, I just noticed your question. Yes, if the paper under the plate is thicker than, say, newsprint, then it allows the plate to curve. When I want to shape a medallion or anything to fit the curve of a wood surface, then I put mat board under the copper and adjust the pressure until the curve is right. It's reversable, too. I hope I got your question right, let me know if not. ritchie@seanet.com
I am new to intaglio and I would LOVE to purchase a print, but could not find the website you mentioned. Would you please let me/us know the new site? If it still exists? THANKS!!! I am looking forward to the 12 lessons!! God bless you!!
I sent a reply earlier and I notice you said "purchase a print" but you may have meant "press". U can buy the press, as I put above either direct from the manufacturer, kughler.com/ep, or on Etsy. You get more choices of size from Mr. Kughler. My Etsy shop is HalfwoodPress for presses and RitchieMiniArt for prints.
Trial and error. The variables, in addition to pressure, are (1) paper, the kind and its softness/dampness, (2) the ink, how stiff or runny, (3) the plate, how deep the textures and lines, (4) the felts (aka packing), how thick/thin. In rare cases, the temperature of the plate if you're using oil-base inks. The hardest thing to describe online is the "feel" or the resistance met when turning the wheel; it's also the best thing about f2f teaching, i.e., being there. As for motor-driven presses, I suppose the sound of the motor. Thanks for this good question, Mary Shoemaker.
I love your message. I made the plates for a business proposal, the business is in its startup phase. If you contact me at ritchie@seanet.com, we can have an online chat if you want to. Thanks for your interest.
As far as I know, I'm the sole source, but they can't be purchased by themselves, only with the Mini Etching Press. You can make them yourself, too using the silitransfer method like you see in MAKE A BADGE. Thanks for asking, Alex!
Yeah, I know, I cutting back and sending requests to sales@kughler.com. 'S gonna take me a long time to change the emails on my 200 RU-vid videos - argghhh! Probably be easier to restore my business, but I'm too old.
