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Is it possible to use that method with letterpress blocks?

Can i please ask what lino cutting tools you use? i only have a red handled one and would like a better tool! thank you

I remember being at the Open Studio of my art teacher when somebody looking at an abstract seascape painting asked him how long it had taken him to produce it. His reply: Sixty years of practice!

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WHAT?!

Chris, have you tried stippling on marmoleum, and if so did you find the surface to be good for that technique?

lol, the "red handle" jabs. Poor speedball.

Amazing Thanks for sharing this

Hi Chris, I have tried sanding the surface of Marmoleum to remove the protective layer but found it very difficult to remove, any further advice would be very much appreciated. Thank you

I was able to get a large piece of marmoleum from a flooring store for free. A lot flooring stores will have lots of off cuts from after installing the flooring. Marmoleum is typically used in commercial buildings so they will have lots of offcuts/scrap pieces that are perfect for lino cut printing. Thanks for the tips. I enjoy your sense of humour. Peace

Great video

I've been looking for a copy press, I think is the same as a nipping press? Found one for $100 usd. Unfortunately the alignment guide pins were snapped off, the risers were very loose and someone spray painted it flat black. So I will be restoring it for use in my studio. Thanks for the good information here, I really enjoyed your work.

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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?

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. 👌

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!

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,

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!!!!!

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.