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Spofford Press
Добавлен 20 июн 2015
HEY! My name is Eric. I am a printmaker, wood engraver and letterpress printer who owns a wild little print shop called Spofford Press! This channel will hopefully show you some of the printmaking action happening in my world. From DIY shop projects to printing tips using a variety of presses, along with technique and how-to videos focusing on wood engraving and relief engraving. Always Inky! Printmakers Unite!
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Check us out on Instagram : @ericvonzip
or the web : www.spoffordpress.com
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Engraving and Printing Fred the Bug
Просмотров 21 тыс.5 лет назад
This short video shows the entire process of making a relief engraving on a block of Resingrave, from transferring the drawing to actual engraving to printing the final edition. A Resingrave block is a synthetic material that is a great substitute for end-grain boxwood (traditionally used for wood engraving but very expensive). I buy my blocks and tools from McClains Printmaking Supply: www.imc...
Printing the "This is America" Engraving
Просмотров 1,1 тыс.5 лет назад
I created an engraving of musician and artist Childish Gambino after seeing his video, "This is America". The video is stunning in its symbolism and completely opened my eyes. This is a small relief engraving, like a traditional wood engraving, but on a block of Resingrave. The print became very popular on Instagram, with both editions selling out in 1 day each. I received no profit from these ...
Relief Engraving and Printmaking The Tortoise Block
Просмотров 11 тыс.6 лет назад
This short video shows the entire process of making a relief engraving on a block of Resingrave, from initial sketch to actual engraving to printing the final edition. A Resingrave block is a synthetic material that is a great substitute for end-grain boxwood (traditionally used for wood engraving but very expensive). I buy my blocks and tools from McClains Printmaking Supply: www.imcclains.com...
Letterpress Printing Hanukkah Cards on an Etching Press
Просмотров 2,4 тыс.6 лет назад
Quick video showing how we print 2 color letterpress cards on our Etsy press. We waited about 5 days between colors, allowing the black frying pans to dry. These Holiday Latke Cards are one of our best sellers so we thought it would be fun to document making them! If you'd like to purchase one, or see better pictures of it, check out: www.etsy.com/SpoffordPress/listing/256333958/love-peace-latk...
Printing Glow In The Dark Letterpress and Silkscreen Vampire Fangs Cards
Просмотров 2,4 тыс.6 лет назад
Here’s a short video showing a 2-process printmaking project. We wanted to make glow-in-the-dark letterpress cards, but after several failed attempts at making glow-in-the-dark relief ink, we decided to silk-screen the cards and then print them on letterpress style on press. We prepared the screen using a method called “drawing fluid/screen filler” from Speedball. The solid fang shape was scree...
Printing a Letterpress Linocut Print of TOM WAITS!
Просмотров 2,7 тыс.6 лет назад
Here is a short video that shows the steps fused to make my Tom Waits print. I drew the portrait directly onto a piece of linoleum, carved the image, and then printed them on our etching press. They came out with very deep letterpress impressions from using the etching press. They are available in our Etsy shop HERE: www.etsy.com/listing/548897629/tom-waits-letterpress-linocut-print?ref=pr_shop...
Relief Engraving Printmaking - Concept to Finished Print
Просмотров 10 тыс.6 лет назад
This video shows the process of making a relief engraving on a Resingrave block using a photocopy transfer method. The transfer process and tools needed are explained, along with footage of engraving the block and then printing it using an etching press. The transfer tool I used is called a “ Lenk L25TT Woodworker's Transfer Tool” It can be found here: www.amazon.com/Wall-Lenk-L25TT-Woodworkers...
Printing 2 Color Letterpress Cards on an Etching Press
Просмотров 8006 лет назад
This is a short video that shows how we print 2 color letterpress note cards using an etching press. The 1st plate was printed in bright orange oil-based relief ink. The 2nd color was printed 1 week later, due to the humidity this month and the 1st color needing to dry and cure. I am using polymer plates made from Boxcar Press - www.boxcarpress.com I’m printing on 110lb 100% cotton Crane’s Lett...
Letterpress Printing The Neon Pufferfish Print on an Etching Press
Просмотров 5607 лет назад
A short video taken for our Instagram page. I am printing a photopolymer plate that features my original pufferfish design on our etching press. By printing these plates this way, we get bright crisp prints with VERY deep impressions. I'm using a split-fountain inking technique, where I roll out pink/orange/pink ink and they blend slightly together to create a fun colorful image, each print loo...
Wood Engraving from Sketch to Print : Holy Carp!
Просмотров 60 тыс.7 лет назад
This video shows my entire process of creating a wood engraving from the initial sketch to the finished print. The ¼ round of end-grain maple wood I use came from The Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. Hamilton teamed up with The Wood Engravers Network, an organization of which I’m a member. They sent the wood blocks to several WEN members as a part of a project call...
Engraving a Resingrave Block - The White Rhinoceros
Просмотров 2,5 тыс.7 лет назад
I shot this video while engraving a new relief block. I am using Resingrave and traditional engraving tools called burins. `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Feel free to check us out on Instagram as well! We post tons of letterpress and printmaking pictures and videos on there weekly! ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````...
Letterpress Printing the Red Lobster on our Etching Press
Просмотров 1,2 тыс.7 лет назад
A short video from our Instagram feed. We are printing a photo polymer plate on our etching press. This design is of a lobster, printed in red ink as shown, as well as a 2nd run in black ink. . It started as an original drawing which was processed into a plate by boxcarpress.com. The etching press allows for a very deep impression! Check us out on Instagram: ericvonzip Web: www.s...
Letterpress Printing the Black Crab on our Etching Press
Просмотров 4997 лет назад
Letterpress Printing the Black Crab on our Etching Press
Letterpress Printing a Gold Divers Helmet on an Etching Press
Просмотров 1,5 тыс.7 лет назад
Letterpress Printing a Gold Divers Helmet on an Etching Press
Letterpress Printing A Whale On An Etching Press
Просмотров 1,1 тыс.7 лет назад
Letterpress Printing A Whale On An Etching Press
Scratchboard Illustration of a Bowhead Whale
Просмотров 2,5 тыс.7 лет назад
Scratchboard Illustration of a Bowhead Whale
Printing The Elephant Engraving on an Etching Press
Просмотров 1,6 тыс.7 лет назад
Printing The Elephant Engraving on an Etching Press
Printing a Resingrave/ Wood Engraving on an Etching Press
Просмотров 2,2 тыс.7 лет назад
Printing a Resingrave/ Wood Engraving on an Etching Press
QUIT SLACKIN!: Letterpress Printing on an Etching Press
Просмотров 4,5 тыс.7 лет назад
QUIT SLACKIN!: Letterpress Printing on an Etching Press
Quick Video: Printing Letterpress on an Etching Press
Просмотров 4 тыс.7 лет назад
Quick Video: Printing Letterpress on an Etching Press
Letterpress Printing on an Etching Press
Просмотров 23 тыс.7 лет назад
Letterpress Printing on an Etching Press
Engraving Resingrave with a Spitsticker Tool
Просмотров 5 тыс.7 лет назад
Engraving Resingrave with a Spitsticker Tool
A diamond tip.....what????
how do you call these clips you use to secure the paper_
Thankyou so much for this informative video. I wish to press bookmarks using my photopolymer plate I’ve got made and was wondering can you suggest an etching press to purchase for my project please
Wow, how amazing this video is…thank you for the demonstration of how to emboss with an etching press, 🎉🎉🎉🎉
This is really awesome. I've never tried wood block engraving, but I enjoy drawing. Your video made it very simple to follow. Gonna try this weekend. Thanks again for the post!
Song? In the beginning of ur video
Spofford Press. Why don't you make your own letterpress plates?
Do you have an example of making an engraved card using the etching press?
Beautiful Thank you!
thats not an A2, thats more like an A6
Very good job thank you from belgium
This process is impressively flawless! Amazing and great video, so detailed in the steps, a pleasure to watch! Thanks for sharing… great work!
wow That is cool!!
Video could have been better if he didn't talk so much. Let me enjoy the process. Why are you describing your every action?
I found the narration very helpful. If you don’t like it, there’s a little button that lets you turn off the sound. That may help you out.
Thank you very much. This is inspiring.
that looks great.. how did you make the text? so neat, i couldn't cut that by hand. :)
It came out so nice! Thanks for the video. I'm taking history this semester and they didn't really explain any of the engraving ideas, so it was very handy to see engraving in action!
Hi, great video, really helpful. I want to try the ink you recommended, and I ordered some online from Graphic Chemical and Ink. I haven't received it yet. Is the company still in business? I've tried calling and emailing, to no response. Thanks again for the video!
Which tools you used? How can I buy a sharp carving tools?
May I know the type of wood?
Which tools you've used for the carving, if possible please share the link to buy these tools
now that resingrave appears to be unavailable, have you run across a substitute?
This is a very good question
Incrível 👏👏
Maravilhoso!!! Assistindo do Brasil com tradução automática 🇧🇷 Amei, aprendi muito. Obrigada ❤ Preciso encontrar onde posso fazer essa placa, me parece um carimbo, mas não sei se é o mesmo material. Obrigada por ensinar com tantos detalhes.
Carp diem = “carp the day.” Thank you for this great process video!
Wow, that was just awesome! What an excellent little lesson. Thanks very much!!
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demais lindo trabalho
Hey Eric, first off thank you for a great, well done, video and for taking the time to answer everyone's questions; it's very generous of you. I just bought a small, A3 size, etching press so that I can make letterpress wedding invitations for my sister and I was wondering, in your opinion, how crucial is the rubber offset printing blanket to getting good results and do you think another felt blanket would suffice and if not could you recommend any alternatives to the rubber blanket? Thanks again for all your time and effort!
I own an estate sale company, and was recently given about 100 beautiful prints to sell from an engraving artist (is that the right term?) who passed away 25 years ago. I knew nothing about the engraving process. Your video was a wonderful help in understanding the steps and the amount of effort that goes into creating the design and why each individual print has slight differences. Thank you so much.
Fred the Bug. No matter where I go on my printmaking journey I always revisit Fred the Bug. I love this print, and I love your engraving, especially watching it come to life. I just thought you should know that, and hopefully feel joy. Thank you again Spofford Press
God, that brayer guide is brilliant. I'll have to make my own out of matte board. Thank you Spofford Press!
HI! This video is SO helpful to me as I recently got an etching press and have been experimenting like crazy! This is the only thing I found on youtube that is doing exactly what I've been going for! Hopefully you'll still see this even though you posted 5 years ago! One question: do you reink your plates for each print or do you get a few prints from one inking?
Awesome!
Thanks. How to make a polymer plate.
We got a photopolymer plate from boxcar and our dick blick etching press is showing the edge/border of the photopolymer plate. We could avoid that by just paying extra for a larger border around our image but i noticed that your plate is barely bigger than the print and the line doesnt show up. It isnt pressure because even light pressure will still show the border. We use crane lettra 110# paper. Any tips you could think of?
Hi! I have 3 tips: 1. If using a plate like the one in this video with a larger empty plate border around it, I adjust pressure and I use a plastic burnisher to rub the edges of the actual plate flat into the pressbed, getting rid of that slightly raised edge that makes the line. 2. I sometimes cut the plate to almost the edge of the image (makes it look almost diecut), then there is no blank edge at all to make that line. Works best with a solid image, like an animal or something, not so much lots of text. Or 3. I use painters tape and run it around the edge of the polymer plate. This makes that blank edge not so sharp, and can get rid of the line too! Good luck!!
@@SpoffordPress thanks so much for the time to give thise tips. Me and my wife watch all of your old videos a LOT.
Hello, could you tell us where you get the tools you’re using? Thank you, Henri.
Will this Acetone transfer technique work on lino blocks?
Yes! Tried it a few times and it seemed to work well. Not sure if a lot of acetone could potentially "melt" the resin surface on the block so I did it quick and then cleaned up!
I am an engraver who mostly prints by hand but I think I am ready to bite the bullet and get a press. Would you recommend a Conrad press like yours if I am going to use it most of the time to print type-high wood/resingrave engravings (as opposed to intaglio prints or even linocuts)?
Many thanks.
ruclips.net/video/iV57xKLDnyw/видео.html
muito bacana parabens pelo trabalhos saudaçoes desde Brasil
Epic!
good work.
I know you’re using engraving tools, can this tools be used on Lino it’s?
Wonderful video...so generous with your technique...thanks so much. Do you offer an online class?
Thank you!! Not at this time, but I'm trying to put out as many videos as I can with some of my techniques! 😊
lindo!
And here is the video talking of a rubber blanket.
Hey spofford please, if you can, enlighten us on what blanket setup you have..we want to do relief printing like this and are desperate to make this work as we are tapped out financially after trying a letterpress and now an etching press. A couple days before it arrives. We got the typical 3 blankets but read somewhere there is a blanket we should use like this.
Hi , my blanket set up is a rubber offset blanket, then the heavy wool blanket. These rubber blankets can be found on eBay under "offset rubber blanket", that's where I've picked them up before. Any thickness will work. Try and get one the size of your pressbed( if it's a bit larger they are easy to cut to size at home). Hope that helps. I have a few other videos, one is Printing letterpress plates on an etching press. Has some more footage of the press set up! Best of luck!!
@@SpoffordPress I have seen every single one of your videos and appreciate your work and even the time you took to reply to this. I loved the video where you water colored the owl as that's something the wife is interested in doing. Your videos are some of the very few that shows relief letterpress type printing on an etching press and for as long as RUclips is around I'm sure for years your videos will be appreciated by people like us. Thank you again for the reply and the videos.
It's beautiful technique.
You should turn the roller 'upside down' to roll out so that the 'feet' are uppermost. As it is, there is the risk of the feet scraping the image as you roll out.