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.
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
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?
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
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.
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
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?
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