Here are many Print Reveals from lots of different Gunning Etching Presses – from lots of Gunning Etching Press customers all over the world.
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This is a steel Etching with several variations of line and one tone, printed double drop style using both the intaglio and relief parts of the plate.
Printed on Gunning Etching Press NO 3 Direct Drive using our old style Registration beds (they are black now with a different design on them) It is available to purchase here
Here is a stunning print created on one of Jenny’s Photogravure Workshops.
Printed on Somerset 300gsm Satin Pure Cotton Paper.
Printed on Gunning Etching Press No 4 in Ironbridge Studios
Size – Just a little smaller than A4
Ink – Charbonell Black
Here are several photogravures printed on Gunning Etching Press No 4 here in the studio in Ironbridge.
You can come and have a print on any of our presses here in Ironbridge – ring or email for an appointment
Zinc Aquatint Etching printed on Jenny Gunning’s Geared No 4 Gunning Etching Press here in Ironbridge Print Studio.
Printed onto Somerset 300gsm
Using Ironbridge Ink
Available here to purchase
Zinc Aquatint Etching printed on Jenny Gunning’s Geared No 4 Gunning Etching Press here in Ironbridge Print Studio.
9 tones and 3 different variations of tone.
Printed onto Somerset 300gsm
Using Ironbridge Ink
Available here to purchase
Here is a recent press delivery and set up – on a time lapse put to some cool music just to show you what it might look like when you have your delivery.
Using 2 plates for 1 print, 1 to print the coloured background and then 1 plate etched line into a steel plate, size 8” x 10” Printed using both relief and etching ink. Registering the plate to print perfectly.
Printed on Gunning Etching Press NO 3 Direct Drive
A simple one colour 35mm thick woodblock printed using runners on our Gunning Etching Press
Steel Aquatint 20” x 28” Aquatint etching plate.
Printed on Gunning Etching Press NO 3 Direct Drive, a few left in the edition but this has sold so well.
Jenny Gunning, The Ironbridge.
This is a 16” x 20” steel etched plate with saline solution, 1 variation of line and 3 tones with a spray paint aquatint.
Printed on Gunning Etching Press NO 3 Direct Drive
Here are many printmakers printing lots of different plates on their Gunning Etching Presses.
From Lino Reductions, one colour Lino, etchings, aquatint etchings, photo-etchings, solar plates, photogravure, collagraph’s, woodblocks etc… our etching presses print all plates and are very easy to change the pressure and set.
This is a Relief background print using 1.5mm steel plate and Relief Ink on our Gunning Etching Press. Use 2 blankets to print this type of plate with medium to light pressure.
Printed on Gunning Etching Press NO 3 Direct Drive
Using 35mm thick runners on the Gunning etching press this woodblock was printed single colour…perfect every time.
Zinc Aquatint Etching, printed onto Somerset 300gsm Pure Cotton Printmakers Paper on Geared Gunning Etching Press Number 4.
Jenny Gunning (BA (HONS) The AGA Factory, Broken. This piece has been exhibited in many shows all over the UK – RBSA, RE-Bankside Gallery, Ox Market Contemporary Fine Arts, Woolwich Print Fair, Ironbridge Fine Arts.
11. This is a 2 plate etching. Using 2 plates for 1 print, both plates are 1.5mm thick. 1 to print the coloured background and then 1 plate etched line into a steel plate, size 8” x 10” Printed using both relief and etching ink. Registering the plate to print perfectly.
Printed using Gunning Etching Press No 2 Direct Drive using Ironbridge Ink onto Bread and Butter pure cotton paper from John Purcell papers
This is an aquatint etching plate inked up with intaglio ink then rolled over using a spindle roller with relief ink. This takes a small layer of the etching ink from the plate but it gives amazing results. The steel used is 1mm thick. Jenny Gunning (early etching) edition sold out.
Printed using Gunning Etching Press No 2 Direct Drive using Ironbridge Ink onto Bread and Butter pure cotton paper from John Purcell papers
Colour Etching. 3 variations of line and one tone, printed double drop using both relief and intaglio surfaces.
Printed using Gunning Etching Press No 3 Direct Drive using Ironbridge Ink onto Bread and Butter pure cotton paper from John Purcell papers
This is a 3.2mm thick Lino plate.
Printed using Gunning Etching Press No 2 Direct Drive using Ironbridge Ink onto Bread and Butter pure cotton paper from John Purcell papers
This is showing a print been taken from a 4mm Japanese Plywood block without an image carved from it. You can see that the woodgrain printed as well. 4mm thick Runners and Packing paper so we can just kiss the plate and get a perfect print every time.
Printed using Gunning Etching Press No 3 Direct Drive using Ironbridge Ink onto Bread and Butter pure cotton paper from John Purcell papers
This is a 40mm thick woodblock printed using relief ink onto 270gsm bread and butter paper. Using Runners and packing paper on the Gunning Etching Press to get perfect consistency every time
Here is a 12 colour Lino reduction coming off the press.
Printed onto a few different papers including Japanese Hosho 40gsm, Sommerset 300gsm, Bread and Butter 270gsm. Printed using the Gunning Etching Press Direct Drive
Here is Jenny pulling another very popular print from her plate on her Gunning Etching Press No 4 in her studio in Ironbridge.
Jenny Gunning Editions a lot of plates for lots of other Printmakers – here she is printing on her Gunning Etching Press No 3 Direct drive press in her studio in Ironbridge.
Jenny runs many workshops in her studio in Ironbridge and one of them is photogravure… this is a print from a plate she made for one of her students.
Jenny Gunning Photogravure The Ironbridge
£ 40.00
Hungry Hedgehog Reduction Linocut Print by Martin Truefitt-Baker - SOLD
£ 180.00 – £ 285.00
Etching Printing Press No. 2
by Gordon Yapp, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
Etching Printing Press No.1
by Fiona Thomson