32 inch Rochat etching press for sale £6.000 inc VAT
This is a beautiful sturdy editioning press which we, sadly, have to sell on in order to make room for another big Polymetaal 150. We had an extended 65 inch bed custom made for it. It is approx twenty five years old and bought from new. Blankets thrown in but buyer collects.
Need to find a good home for a letterpress machine
We have a beautiful letterpress machine built in the twenties, an Autovic. It is quite a sophisticated clamshell machine, motorised, with eight inking rollers and a platen approx 35 x 45 cm. We got it from circle press when Ron King needed to find a home for his old presses but, unfortunately, we just don’t have […]
Thumbprint News – February 2017
The studio is currently madly busy producing a series of new wood cuts by Gillian Ayres for her forthcoming exhibition at Alan Cristea Gallery running from 16 Mar 2017 – 22 Apr 2017. Gillian has produced nine maquettes that we are working from by jigsawing and carving walnut veneer faced MDF. The exhibition will feature […]
Antony Gormley’s exhibition CAST at the Alan Cristea Gallery
Antony Gormley’s current exhibition at the Alan Cristea Gallery presents a fantastic body of work, most of which have been produced at Thumbprint Editions over the last year. A series of seven monumental woodcuts are based on his 2014 work Expansion Field and are complemented by body prints which Antony produced at his own studio. […]
Thumbprint projects showcased at London Original Print Fair 2016
This year’s London Original Print Fair showcased several projects produced at Thumbprint, with Contemporary Editions showing etchings by Anish Kapoor and Rodrigo Andrade, while Alan Cristea Gallery had a couple of works from the series of Letterpress prints by Michael Craig-Martin. ‘Hot Drink’ courtesy Michael Craig-Martin and Alan Cristea Gallery, London
Thumbprint Editions placement schemes for Art school graduates
In line with our philosophy of encouraging the development of printmaking in these times when we see the closure of many college printmaking departments, we are offering work placement schemes for Art school graduates. These schemes can often lead to further employment or training opportunities. If you are interested, please e-mail your cv to info@thumbprinteditions.com