Taupo Intermediate School Art Room

Queen Margaret College - Paulette Pavelich

Setting the pressure lever on the yellowXpress 5000 printing press.

Steve and Kelly, American WWOOFers

Kelly shows off her carved plate and a couple of the images she produced. In a very short time Kelly and Steve produced about 100 prints using 2-3-4 colour prints from carving MDF and floor vynol overprinted words with some fonts of 100 year old wood type.

Huntley book artists.

Using the yellowXpress 5000, short strokes are used when the pressure comes on to create the most pressure (5000kg).

Huntley book artists.

Steve and Kelly help out in the printmaking class, keeping an eye on the ink and cleaning down the plates on change of colour. Barry taking lots of photos for the school web site.

yellowXpress 5000

yellowXpress 5000 hog-tied ready for freight to Christchurch.

Natalie

The black paper is placed over the inked up carving. We are using water based ink for this little edition of prints.

Natalie

Lay the blanket over paper that is over the inked up carving that is placed in the middle of the carry board (platen).

Natalie

The hydraulic press is best when you use short strokes when the pressure comes on. This will give you the easiest and quickest way to maximum power. (5000 kg)

Natalie

Natalie paints varnish on 40 base boards for the yellowXpress 5000 hydraulic printing press.

Glen Skien - Homeprint

The book is open at Vickys favourite page.

Glen Skien - Homeprint

Irene has a good think about the image, the colour, texture, balance and order in the book for this work.

Glen Skien - Homeprint

Kate Bryant cuts some board for texture to the collage before monoprinting.

Liz pumping press

Liz is using the big yellowXpress with 2 solarplate relief prints together.

Aluminium plate.

Sue Pearson has used 2 techniques to create this aluminum plate. Both dry point and collagraph.
Printed as an intaglio and relief in one impression.
http://www.textiles.org.nz/profiles/suepearson/index.html

Colagraph plate

This collagraph plate is painted, scratched, layered, incised, matt board. By Sue Pearson at the Homeprint Studio.

Collagraph

Sue's collagraph print using the yellowXpress 5000, Akua Ink and incisioni paper.

Pumping iron

With 4 or 5 strokes of the lever the 5000 kg power is applied to the inked up MDF plate.

Melanie Yazzie visits Homeprint Book Art Studio.

Melanie was keen to buy a set of John's imported Japanese carving tools. However John was keen for Melanie to try out his yellowXpress 5000 relief/intaglio printing press as well!

Print Packaging Services's new truck

Tim and Brian load 2 more yellowXpress 5000's into John's, Homeprint, 4WD.