Welcome to the Bracken Press PRINT-workshop website

Intaglio (etching, drypoint, aquatint)

& block printing & wood engraving

(lino-prints, surface printing) & letterpress

Established 1974.

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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