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You are more than welcome to come and see Jenny Gunning and Ellie in our Ironbridge studio for workshops, Gunning Etching Press demonstrations, commissions, editioning and printmaking advise.
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Making test plates for Intaglio is most definitely important so that when you spend all that time making etchings you can know what you will get in the finished piece… here is a movie showing the stages of how to make step plates – if you would like to learn in person then we have a beautiful studio and Gallery in Ironbridge where you are very welcome to come and work with Jenny Gunning and learn the fine art of printmaking from a Master Printmaker.
Here is a great movie showing you how to set the pressure for intaglio plates on your Etching press by Jenny Gunning. During this movie Jenny does a Ghost print and shows you hwo to get the right pressure.
This is a brilliant movie showing you how to set your pressure on your press using your runners when you are printing all relief plates, this movie will set you up to make sure you can happily print single colour relief plates on your Gunning Etching Press
Here is a brilliant movie talking about Inks and how to ink and print Linos on Gunning Etching Presses.
Here is a great quick movie showing you inking up and printing a double drop etching plate print. so the same plate twice on the press – showing the simple way to register your plates to get perfect prints every time!
Here is Jenny running an edition off this very pretty little relief plate.
Printing on the Gunning Etching press No 3 Jenny shows you how to set up using Runners to pint Lino and woodblock, Jenny talks about inks and plates as well. Well worth a watch.
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.
Printing on Jenny’s Gunning Etching press No 2 in her Ironbridge Printmaking studio Jenny cuts, inks and prints a Lino plate showing you how to do the whole process.walking you through the total process in a quick movie.
A quick movie showing the making of an aquatint Etching and printing on our Gunning Etching Press
Here is a short movie showing the solar plate workshops
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.
Etching Printing Press No. 2
by Gordon Yapp, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
Etching Printing Press No.1
by Fiona Thomson
