2011. Galleon Halfwood Press. Serial No. 90005. Specifications: Roller diameter 2 1/4" x 9" long, top and bottom. Bed is 5/16" polycarbonate, 9" x 26". The overall length is 27"; overall width is 13 3/4"; overall height is 15". Weight is 50 lbs.; Drive wheel is 12" diameter stainless steel. The bed is rack-driven, approximating a 3:1 mechanical advantage. Woods used are Brazilian ipe, American black walnut with wenge interlayering and trimmed with ipe . The pressure screws are linked and synchronized. The press included three etching felts and user's manual.
Pat Austin poses with her press on the day it was delivered at
an opening at Northwinds Arts Center, Port Townsend.
Mini Halfwood Press #73
2010. Mini Halfwood Press. Serial No. 60073. Specifications: Rollers are 1.5 x 5.75 inches top and bottom. The bed is 1/4 x 6 x 17 inches in polycarbonate (the standard); overall length is 17.5 inches; overall width is 9 inches; overall height is 10 inches; weight, 12 lbs.; drive wheel is 8 inches diameter in stainless steel; the woods used are black walnut and purple heart edge-laminated base, side pieces and flat top with with ipe cladding steel, walnut hood capped with purple heart. The instrument box is poplar, baltic birch trimmed in purple heart. Included are felts, copper plate, Allen Wrench, User's Manual (with an excerpt from the out-of-print, Halfwood Press-The Story, now available as a Kindle book) and DVD. Shipping board is mahogany laminate and purple heart.
Artist's comment: I met Pat in the early 1970s when she took printmaking classes at the UW. She was very active and dedicated at the time, and continues to be active in the Port Townsent art scene--particularly supportive of the printmaking cooperative there. We remain good friends.
I test my presses, and Pat gave me an opportunity to test it "live" in an art gallery - you can see the video on YouTube.
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