We printed with a Tortilla Press at FAT CROW PRESS in Las Vegas, during the Gallery Crawl on September 1st, 2023:
Julie Sola, owner of Fat Crow Press,
carved a roadrunner that day
to print on the Tortilla Press
We borrowed the idea of printing round linocuts on a Tortilla Press from 3 Gatos Press of Guadalajara:
The round linocut prints
The round linocuts
Julie Sola carving a round roadrunner
Julie Sola proofed on thin transfer paper with a spoon. Apparently the transfer paper takes the ink really well:
The round roadrunner proof print
On the Abusa Tortilla Press
A happy visitor
with his roadrunner print
ANNA ARAGON
We first met Anna Aragon back in 2016, demoing solar plates at Highlands University for the Print, Printed, Printing IV Conference in Las Vegas, New Mexico:
Anna inking the round linocut
that she carved
She even carved into her round linocut
after she inked it
Placing 8x8 inch paper
on the Tortilla Press
Anna gave a second pass,
after pressing with the Tortilla Press -
using an Iron Frog glass Tadpole Baren
The print and the linocut
Final print
GELLI PRINTS
Anna had made Gelli prints at the PRINTERS PLANET in the Santa Fe Railyard, on August 13th -- taking orders from visitors for what colors they wanted, as quick as they make a "Subway" sandwich :
Anna also made Gelli prints for the Gallery Crawl, set up on a dog grooming table (which is higher, smaller and firmer than a regular folding table):
The Gelli print set-up
with lots of colored inks
Ready to print!
Printing with a roller
The final multi-colored Gelli print,
made to order
Anna also showed us how to make prints on our Tortilla Press:
Tortilla Press set-up,
on the inside looking out
Anna printing on the sidewalk
in front of Fat Crow Press
The collaborative print
Ellie Weadock of Albuquerque, demoing her grasshopper print:
BLOCK PRINT T-Shirts
At the end of the night Julie Sola made some t-shirts from her library of letter press block prints:
The selection of block prints
Inking for t-shirts
The final block print t-shirt
Other POSTS
- Printmaking at Fat Crow Press
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