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Chris Pig
Добавлен 26 ноя 2011
With a lifetime's experience as an artist printmaker, Chris Pig takes you through myriad of subjects to do with relief and intaglio printmaking. Hints and tips that can save you literally years of faffing about, helping you save time and money. The descriptions are clear and concise.
Chris Pig is the director of the Black Pig Printmaking Studio in Frome in the UK. He has taught in the USA, Spain and the UK and has work in public and private collections throughout the world.
Chris Pig is the director of the Black Pig Printmaking Studio in Frome in the UK. He has taught in the USA, Spain and the UK and has work in public and private collections throughout the world.
Victorian Misogyny
Lest we forget just how toxic the Victorians were. This little video deals with artists using their wives as reproductive engravers. It contains sexist language.
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The Supremacy of Marmoleum
Просмотров 25914 часов назад
This gives you the lowdown on why Marmoleum is superior in quality and price
Editioning Information
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Demystifying the information that is written at the bottom of an original print
How Long Did It Take You To Do?
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A commonly asked question and here is the candid response….
Multiple Tools
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Multiple tools used for engraving but some can be used on marmoleum.
Nipping presses
Просмотров 15821 час назад
Revised, updated better quality film. Love your nipper, give it a name and talk to it if you like.
Etchings Press Health and Safety
Просмотров 13721 час назад
A comprehensive list of what not to do if you want to remain alive and in one piece when using an etching press.
Preparing marmoleum
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How to abrade, degrease and put a layer of ink on the surface ready for cutting.
The joy of Marmoleum, linocut with Chris Pig
Просмотров 10 тыс.2 года назад
Marmoleum, humble flooring lino, gives the best results. Linocut, printmaking, Black Pig Printmaking Studio, Frome, Printmaking.
Printmaking with Chris Pig. Get a grip!
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Chris Pig shows you how to handle papered keep it clean whilst printing. Grips, whiting and handling.
Printmaking with Chris Pig: multiple tools
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Chris Pig shows you how to use multiple tools for engraving including a new use for a mezzotint rocker.
Using a tablet for printmaking with Chris Pig
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This shows you how to transfer, manipulate, reverse and magnify images for relief printing. Chris Pig
Engravers' globes with Chris Pig
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These wonderfully attractive devices were once a must for wood engravers and I still use one today. Chris Pig
What is an original print?
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The difference between an original print and a reproduction. Sometimes reproductions are marketed as originals when they aren't.
Carta Tinta with Chris Pig Printmaking
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Carta Tinta with Chris Pig Printmaking
Fantastic videos recently Chris. Gob smacked with how much you share and the clarity which you communicate. I usually don't like swearing but you do it so eloquently!
I've wondered about some of this information...for instance, when the formality began(as you've stated) etc. I have old prints that aren't editioned but are print signed. Some old book plate prints seem to have an artist and printer signature on opposite sides. I have a print originally done by Mortimer Menpes of Rouen cathedral but it's a 'RE-PROOF'. . . whatever that could mean. So it seems that a company in New York, (Campbell Prints) remade the original in a slightly smaller dimension and perhaps for legal reasons were obligated to indicate that it was not an original proof? I've heard so many explanations on what an 'AP' is...I'm starting to think that it's whatever a given individual wants it to be, though, i'd trust your description with the knowledge and experience you have.
Beautiful work. Just because someone asks how long something takes, it doesn’t mean they think it’s overpriced, the question comes from a place of admiration of skill, drive, quality and patience.
simply brilliant!
I'll try this, soon. Promise! Note: I misinterpreted this video's subject and thought it was promoting marmalade. "How can you create prints with the stuff Paddington eats? Oh. Wait. Marmoleum. Nevermind." 🙄
I have two prints "Head" by William Turnbull 1956. They are lithographs printed by my grandfather for Turnbull. They are signed (in pencil) and both have the addition of "Printers Proof" also in pencil. They may have been intended for retention by the printer so that perhaps another edition could be printed using the first edition as a reference. Or, possibly quite likely, the printer was "paid" with a print or two, rather in the way the artist retained some proofs for themselves. An interesting video.
I usually answer '40 years' (and counting!)
Where do you get it from?
@@user-sr2cd5xi5k flooring shops will have offcuts. If it becomes a serious thing then larger quantities can be had from ebay
Love my nipping press. I have had trouble getting consistent results though. Saw your idea to simply rotate the block and repress. Going to give that a go next time. Thanks from New Zealand.
You're very good at these mate. More please.
Nice to see you again, it took you a while. 👌
@@1963pyros Thank you! We’ve COVID to thank for the last lot. I’ve sharpened up my act, bought a smart phone and will now post regularly three times a week
Chris is back - yippee! I was given a nipping press from an old art dealer and artist who was a friend of the family. After discovering my budding interest in lino print, he bought one of my first prints and gave me one of his nipping presses when I was 19. I had no idea how to use it as a printing press and told him as much, I even tried to give it back to him! A year after he passed away I found your previous video about using the nipping press for printing. MDF, some felt, moist printmaking paper and my small prints have been coming out beautifully. I named the press 'Perry' in memory of my art dealer friend. Thank you for unlocking the ability to use it for me and for the man who gave it to me. Is there a meaning behind the names of your nipping presses?
Having etching presses is why I never wear a tie!
@@wharepuke Booiiiinnnyyyyyooing!
Thanks for that Chris - I have two here, both gifted, but never used. I shall try to remedy that - using the boards is a great tip! I'd always thought they were primarily for bookbinding (nipping being the grooves in the book cover?) but it seems nipping presses have 4 pillars and copy presses 2 - yes, you sent me off down a rabbit hole! Cheers
Thanks for that Chris, there has been a nipping press in my workshop for 40years now not a clue what it was called or used for, it was just allways there under the bench it must have been obtained by my late father, it has holes in the brass as well. It is now going to be cleaned up and put to good use,
@@ianking8174 That’s so often the way in a lot of studios. It’s been there forever and no-one knows what it’s for. Give it some love and bring it back to life
Thanks a million Chris....a really helpful hint
Nice to see you Chris. More knowledge we can use for sure. Please share more.
That is a brilliant tip! Thank you very much!
Wow! Bob really is my uncle....Great demo!
Great, thank you
You can’t find these (of that quality) for anything like £50/$65 in 2024. A decent example is closer to £200 and that’s if your lucky. I have one and it’s so versatile, every workshop should have one and paying £200 is still good value for what they can do. It’s worth adding that mine weighs 130kg/300lbs so keep that in mind if you’re thinking of buying one online.
So what about mod modge photo transfer medium?
Thank you Chris, educational and entertaining; win win
Brilliant-thanks! :-)
Excellent and inspiring. I have just come back to lino printing after many years. Your work is superb. :-)
don't cut toward yourself!!!!!
Rules are for the abeyance of fools and the guidance of the wise. This man has forty years of experience, I’m sure he knows what he is doing by now.
That's so smart! Thank you for sharing.
Hello Chris - First time I've run across one of your videos. I really appreciated your well-spoken explanation, and absolutely love your studio! Seems so peaceful and looks like a great place to work! Do you have any videos that might go into how to identify an original vs a reproduction? Thank you very much, from across the pond :)
Wow. . . .Zoomed In (Stretch your Fingers apart on the Screen) at the mid point of the "Reveal" and its a Beautiful and Intricate Image of two Children at Play ! . . . Did you see that from the regular Peel Away !?! Earlier Commentator was the one who stated : "Zoom In" . . . So I did. Amazing or what ! 😎
Thank you Chris! Wonderful advise on paper.
Fantastic. So really practical and helpful. :-)
This is a new comment on an old video-wondering if you have a preference between the 2.0 mm thick sheet Marmoleum, or the slightly thicker (2.5 mm) tile, or the very thick (9.8 mm) click flooring?
Great video. Thank you!
Right on. Great once over. About to proof a woodcut with mine( uglier than yours ) and looking at bed set ups. Thx
Are you heating the Marmoleum prior to carving? I'm wondering if it softens slightly under heat.
The reason why he never made another video is because he got so hypnotized he has never stopped cutting.
I found a few rolls of membrane backed roofing vinyl in a skip and it works great. It's a little soft, but I've had some great results with it.
I want to be taken over too
Hello! Love your video's 😊 What grit do you use for your sanding block, on the marmolium? Thank you, Dan wanket
Talked to a historian up in the mountains who works with 1800s city records (archiving them) and he said that yes indeed, these were used as a copy machine. Most cast iron "book presses" that look like this were probably at one time copy presses.
Absolutely fabulous: Superbly inventive technique & gloriously happy printer, overflowing with knowledge, so inspiring to any one. Thank you so much for sharing!
Out of curiosity, are you using a typical u gauges, or can you use burins and engraving tools as well??
Have you ever tried using agate burnishing tools ( the same kind used in 24k gold leaf work)?
I bought the red handled roller and linocut tools recently. My reason was I had not tried engraving since high school and wanted to give it a go. I had some immediate success and really enjoyed it, and now will not mind spending more on better stuff as I hit limitations with the cheap tools I have. So I think just for a wekend play project the cheap tools or great for most hobbies/professions but yeah much past that and the value of the good stuff becomes useful fast.
Quiet. Thorough. Beautiful. Always a pleasure.
Thank you, sir, for passing down your vast knowledge on this channel for us. Truly. I will attempt to make good use of it.
Just found one today at a local market. Bought it. Let the fun begin. Thanks for the video
Cheers
Thank you.