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- [Baren 38787] Re: Printing with lousy stamps (Sharri LaPierre)
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Message 1
From: Sharri LaPierre
Date: Sat, 02 May 2009 15:44:39 GMT
Subject: [Baren 38787] Re: Printing with lousy stamps
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The only thing I glued were the Kentos. The other pieces were all
attached to the substrate with double sided carpet tape. This allowed
for easy repositioning and held things securely during printing. The
prints are quite large, and since I was working alone I had to roll
the paper and then lay the leading edge down onto the block and
carefully unroll the rest of the way. Some of the blocks I cheated
(!) and put through the press, but most of the time they were hand
burnished. The background plate was carved and printed and then
everything else was adjusted to fit that format. Some of the pieces
had to be cut, but many were printed just as they had been found.
Some were plywood, cedar siding, mdf (medium density fiberboard), osb
(oriented strand board) - basically, we were remodeling and I raided
the bin at the end of each day and then supplemented by dumpster
diving at Home Despot (so named because Home Depot reigned supreme
around here for a couple of years).
The editions were small - 3 to 5 maximum and a great lot of fun to do.
Cheers ~
Sharri
Message 2
From: pulpfic # telus.net
Date: Sat, 02 May 2009 16:31:00 GMT
Subject: [Baren 38788] Re: Printing with lousy stamps
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I wonder if you'd get a better impression (printing stamp-style) if you
could put a layer or two of rubber (tire inner-tube) sheeting on the table
underneath your paper. You'd still need to apply quite a bit of pressure to
the block because of the thickness of your paper, but the rubber should
allow some impression.
When I print stampways, I usually use thinner paper to print on, with
several layers of the same paper beneath the one I'm printing on, but that
probably wouldn't work with the weight of paper you're using.
Instead of stepping on the block and causing it to shift, what if you
double-sided taped the block to your shoe and stepped very carefully (with
no shifting) onto your paper?
Hope that either of these suggestions will be of some help.
Take care,
Randi
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