Welcome to the Bracken Press PRINT-workshop website
Intaglio (etching, drypoint, aquatint)
& block printing & wood engraving
(lino-prints, surface printing) & letterpress
Established 1974.
The etching & letterpress workshop
Rochat etching press (26 x 48 Bed)
Acid baths & water trough,
Heater boxes (2)
Aquatint box,
Plate cutter,
Workbenches.
All ancillary tools associated with etching.
Hand made- Papers
A selection of handmade and mould made paper for printmaking.
The newly created lino/ wood engraving & letterpress workshop.
Albion platen press 1889
Harrild & Sons 1869 Table top platen press
Columbian platen press 1845
28 x 14 feet in size,
3 platen press, 2 nipping presses
Various gelatine rollers(1 inch - 10 inch
Spindle rollers (3)
Comprehensive stock of oil based & water based inks
Rolls of traditional lino
Easy cut lino
Vynil
English boxwood engraving blocks.
Drying rack
Lino cutting tools
Wood engraving tools
The drawing workshop/ studio
Rochat etching press