Welcome to the Bracken Press PRINT-workshop website
Intaglio (etching, drypoint, aquatint)
& block printing & wood engraving
(lino-prints, surface printing) & letterpress
Established 1974.
Rochat etching press
Manufactured by Harry Rochat for me in 1977.
Weight 11 cwt
Bed size: 26 x 48 inches (A1 size paper)
Cast iron, geared.
Used for printing etchings, engravings, colographs.
Harry Rochat is still making these wonderful presses and occassionally has them second hand for sale, see his website.
Ancillory equipment:-
Aquatint box
Plate warmers (2)
Plate cutter (c.1896)
Acid booth,
Washing bay
Full range of intaglio inks
Plate oil:- strong, medium, weak.
Tarlatan / skrim
Burnishers
Points
Snake stones
Comprehensive libary on etching & engraving
