BUCKET EXHIBITIONS: Tortilla Press Printing during the MiniPrint opening

Sometimes we have to make prints to put in the BUCKET, in order to keep the BUCKET EXHIBITIONS fresh. And sometimes we get too enthusiastic and do some live printmaking in public!

We made prints with a Tortilla Press in front of Hecho A Mano gallery, at the top of Canyon Road in Santa Fe, on Saturday, April 29th, while they had the opening for the MiniPrint exhibition inside, as part of PRINT SANTA FE.

Kevin receiving a fresh print

designed by 3 Gatos Press of Guadalajara

We printed live with a Tortilla Press

in front of Hecho A Mano gallery

at the top of Canyon Road in Santa Fe

MiniPrint Opening

We did live printmaking in front of Hecho A Mano gallery during their MiniPrint opening:

Inside Hecho A Mano gallery

was the MiniPrint opening

Julie Sola of Las Vegas, New Mexico

and Francisco Delgado of El Paso, Texas

standing next to their MiniPrints at the opening

LIVE PRINTMAKING

Henry Morales carving in front of Hecho A Mano gallery

before the live printmaking

Across the street from Hecho A Mano gallery

at the top of Canyon Road in Santa Fe

is The Teahouse

Ellie Weadock (left)

also came up from Albuquerque

to help Henry and Krrrl print

FIRST PRINT

Ellie Weadock inking John Tollett's plate

This inked Celtec "expanded PVC foam" plate

was first created by John Tollett

by pushing hard with a pen and pencil

Henry Morales operating the Tortilla Press

Fingers crossed

SUCCESS!

John Tollett

holding up a fresh print

of the image he created

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Anna Aragon jumped in

to make a print

Karina Hean jumps in to ink a print

Raye Leith stopped by

Greta Young receives a print

After pressing the print with a Tortilla Press we used a small glass print baren from Iron Frog Press from Dallas, which we just bought from the PRINT SANTA FE art fair the day before:

We also bought a "Cool S Baren" from Lars Roeder at the Print Santa Fe art fair. This is a 3D printed baren with over 200 small ball bearings on the bottom, made for printing by hand:

After pressing with the Tortilla Press,

a little hand printing with the "Cool S Baren"

3D printed baren

for printing by hand --

Cool S Baren

Visitors hand pressing the prints

that they will take home

Ellie Weadocks' fish block print

was quite popular

Ellie Weadocks frog print plate

Ellie Weadock's "eye" plate

Ellie Weadock's skelaton plate

Ellie Weadock

donated this print for future BUCKET EXHIBITIONS

Henry Morales' linocut plate

made from a life drawing session

The new proud owner

of Henry Morales' frogman print

PREVIOUS

Live Printmaking

2019

We got the Tortilla Press idea from Xavier Moreno and Alejandra Mares of 3 Gatos Press. When we visited Guadalajara in 2019 they took us to Tlaquepaque to make prints on the Tortilla Press:

Making prints with a Tortilla Press

with 3 Gatos Press in Guadalajara

The video:

Printing with a Tortilla Press -- Tlaquepaque --

with 3 Gatos Press (part 1)

2021

The first time we did live printmaking in front of Hecho A Mano gallery, on August 7th, 2021, we printed linocuts that 3 Gatos Press had sent us, one from Xavier Moreno and another from Alejandra Mares. Manuel Guerra came up from El Paso to show us how to do it right:

We printed and framed the linocut

from Alejandra Mares

Manuel Guerra on the left,

Henry Morales on the press

And then Manuel Guerra and Raul Monarrez came back up later on August 27th, 2021 to do some live printmaking again in front of Hecho A Mano gallery

THANK YOU!

A big THANK YOU to Frank Rose, the director of HECHO A MANO gallery, for letting us print in front of his gallery. We always meet the most interesting people, from all over the world, and have a good time printing in front of his gallery: