First print from new block

A work in progress...

 At the moment I like the block better than the print.

Moving the press

We picked up the press from Lowestoft yesterday...In a big old van that Norman borrowed from work.. Many thanks to Howard.

  

It is a beast of  a thing and weighs an absolute ton, my daughters partner Saul helped Norman move it into the studio this morning. Many thanks Saul.

 

Sorry this photo's a bit fuzzy

What  a lump, it is so heavy, needless to say I was less than useless with the loading and unloading. There is also a large sheet of steel, the press bed, but that made a boring photograph.

The people that we got it from where lovely Johnathan Anderson..You can see his work here... http://www.jonathanandersson.co.uk/ and Clare Johnson you can see her work here.... http://www.clarejohnson.co.uk.

Norman has just had a quick look at it and the electrics are in a hell-of-a-mess, as I said in an earlier post, it was sold on Ebay as broken....It's just as well that the intention was to change it back to a manual press.

I won the press.. I won the press

 Ebay, Ebay, I won the press.... 

At a bargain price.... he! he!

 Just got to collect it...150 miles round trip....Will need to borrow/hire a van

(I'll need two strong men).... and pay for it.

As you can see it's in bits...

But, I know a man who is brilliant at fixing things.

Have a good weekend everyone.... I know that I will.....

I am SO thrilled and excited....I can't believe that I won.

I have the biggest smile on my face.... Cheshire cats and all that...

It's old, it's broken.... And I want it...

I'm bidding on a large etching press...  Just a few minutes to go... Wish me luck everyone and fingers crossed that it's not too expensive...