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Printmaking Guides, Uncategorized

Guide to Linocut

Posted on September 25, 2019April 8, 2020 by WYPW
Reduction Linocut at WYPW
25
Sep

Linocut is a relief printing technique in which a linoleum block is cut into using a sharp gouge tool. The block is then inked with a roller and impressed onto paper, either by hand by burnishing on the back of the paper, or with a press. The higher (uncarved) areas of the block are the […]

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Past exhibitions

Exhibition: Present – Christmas show

Posted on September 23, 2019January 2, 2020 by WYPW
23
Sep

Looking for that unique Christmas gift for friends and family this year?  Then make sure you visit our annual PRESENT exhibition!

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News

Alicia and the letterpress

Posted on September 23, 2019October 15, 2019 by WYPW
Testing letterpress type
23
Sep

We’ve had Alicia with us since June on work placement from Huddersfield University and she has been an absolute star in helping out around the workshops. A couple of weeks ago we had a session in the print room trying out some of the lovely new-to-us letterpress equipment.

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Past exhibitions

Exhibition: Object/Image/Image/Object

Posted on September 23, 2019November 6, 2019 by WYPW
Abstract photo of a Sally Barker print
23
Sep

West Yorkshire Print Workshop is delighted to be showing a selection of works by members of Yorkshire Sculptors Group, coinciding with the Yorkshire Sculpture International (22 June – 29 September).

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Printmaking Guides

Guide to etching

Posted on September 4, 2019October 22, 2019 by WYPW
WYPW Printing Press
04
Sep

Etching is an intaglio method of printmaking which uses an acid or mordant to make marks in a metal plate surface to create a design to be printed from. A metal plate, (usually copper, zinc or steel), is covered with a thin layer of waxy ground which is resistant to acid. The ground is then […]

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