Shipping out more prints tomorrow.
Knecht Made webstore is up and running.
I’m starting my own printshop in a few months and I’m selling work to help with startup costs.
Pass this along if you feel so inclined.
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Vaterland Blues #5
In this calm and well filmed clip we see Georg von Ekesparre print an etching by Friedel Anderson.
Posting this because I’m a big fan of nice and shiny steel press beds, hand wiping and à la poupée inking (aka using more than one colour per plate). And the nice registration jig. And and and.
I liked the video so much that I decided to go ahead and call Georg von Ekesparre to get some more information. Bonus points for not getting creeped out when some random blog from Helsinki calls you, Mister!
Anyway, we had a nice chat about his press (made to order in Southern Germany, re-watch the video to admire the big cylinder diameters), Northern German printmakers and about making a living as a printer in general.
I forgot to ask him my favourite question (which is your favourite printmaking paper), but maybe that’ll happen another time. In fact I forgot to ask almost all the questions I had in mind - BHP really needs to work on his telephone interview skills. Maybe I’ll make a series out of this - “BHP calls …”
For now, enjoy the video!Further reading:
The Anderson print pulled in the video can be found here:
http://www.arsmundi.de/winterimpressionen-bezaubernde-objekte-px1qow9mird/friedel-anderson-bild-vorsetzen-pbkzcng29ua.htmlprinted in an editon of 60.
von Ekesparre mentioned that the highest edition he ever pulled was 1500, in colour - while this is certainly lucrative, and possible of the plates are properly steelfaced, the mere thought of it makes my knees wobbly. I’m a two digit kinda guy, when it comes to edition size.
Funny enough, this mirrored a conversation I had with another, now retired, printer from Northern Germany some years ago - he was comissioned to print a huge edition for Griffelkunst (will write about them later), and used the money he earned setting up his printshop, which he then used for the next decades. Makes you think, right?This video depicts my place of peace. What an astounding printmaker.
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All Along Press. A cool printshop from my hometown.
(Source: vimeo.com)
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Transparencies from the screen printing workshop I held.
Gorgeous models. Julia Ross and Chaz Prymek.
Photo credit: Taylor Ross.
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Screen printing workshop went well!
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This is my Ashveville Book. It is a hardcover with a cork veneer. The title is gold-leafed on the cover. The book is screen printed. It is ten pages long. A 7” vinyl record is contained in the back of the book. The edition is of fourteen. All design, binding, printing, writing, and music is by me.
The photos were taken by Wade Rodgers.
