TORTILLA PRESS Printing -- during The PRINTERS PLANET

We printed with a REAL Tortilla Press during the PRINTERS PLANET Festival in the Santa Fe Railyard on August 13th, 2023, from 10 AM until 4 PM:

Ellie setting up 

for the vendors market

Ellie Weadock and Virgil Velasco made prints on the Adjustable Tortilla Press all day long:

Ellie printed a couple of round linocut that she carved by hand:

Rex Culp (right) and his wife

requested one of Ellie's (center) prints

Ellie brought string and small binder clips to hand the wet prints:

Hanging prints to dry

Ellie and Vigil

working together

When Ellie got tired, Virgil stepped in to make prints:

A visitor was happy to receive

a "Javalina" print by John Tollett

printed by Virgil

Virgil also brought two linocuts that he had carved by hand:

One of Virgil's freshly printed linocuts:

Another one of Virgil's freshly printed linocuts:

Printmaker Gabriel Teich of Las Cruces

receives one of  Virgil's prints

Caryn presses her print

on the adjustable Tortilla Press

Saba visits and takes pictures

of our print setup

This print was generated entirely by Artificial Intelligence using Automatic 1111, and then laser engraved into linoleum:

Packing up after a long day

of printmaking

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BLOG POSTS

• SUMMARY -- PRINTERS PLANET 2023 -- August 13

• PHIL SPACE -- Printers Planet

• PRINT, BANG, POW -- Exhibition Opening at PHIL SPACE

• Printmakers -- Exhibiting at PHIL SPACE

• The PRINTERS PLANET Vendor Market -- Santa Fe, August 13, 2023

• The Print Vendors -- PRINTERS PLANETS, August 13, 2023

• TORTILLA PRESS Printing -- during the PRINTERS PLANET

• Collaborations -- at PRINTERS PLANET