Wednesday 13 September 2023

Two Presses For Sale

 


                           A 24 inch free standing press and a 21 inch table top press

                                                  Enquiries johnmulvay@gmail.com

Sunday 20 August 2023

TWO MORE PRESSES BEING CREATED

 
                  A 21 inch Ewbank table top press and a 24 inch free standing press



Saturday 15 April 2023

             Another Mangle/Press conversion 



                   Blyth Tait brought to me a mangle for me to convert to an artist' printing press.
                                             Here it is finished and awaiting pick up.

Wednesday 13 July 2022

21 inch press




This 21 inch press was sold and delivered to a Wellington Artist and another mangle press is taking it's place in the Art School Waihi studio  

Tuesday 10 August 2021

SVETLANA'S NEW PRESS

 

     Today I finished Svetlana's New Press. She is coming down to Waihi to pick it up on Sunday



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Thursday 4 February 2021

Wednesday 9 December 2020

The New Models..

 

                                  Yes, I have been busy making presses again after a long period

                                   of being too busy running a printmaking class.. it's good to be 

                                  back in the engineering world again

                                  





Thursday 27 August 2020

Kirsty's Press


 Kirsty's Press will be finished in a few days now I have the time for it having cleared the decks of other jobs and she will come down to Art School Waihi to try it out in the print studio



Monday 24 August 2020

20 inch Antique Etching Press


                          The current project; 20 inch etching press nearing completion.

Saturday 28 March 2020

Shin Nihon Zokei - The Sixth Restoration



Six of these I have restored. It is becoming a familiar process.. excellent presses just a little small at 400ml wide; 16inches. About a 2.5 to 1 gear reduction. 
Below what Jo's press looked like before restoration; rust and missing handles no bed no felt..
a week or so at Classic Etching Presses Emergency Ward for a big dose of TLC and all is well

Wednesday 5 February 2020

Four Antique Presses for sale

                                   21 inch 1908 Ewbank press, finished and complete with felts
 One free standing press with 22 inch wooden rollers and a 21 inch steel rollers press and a 20 inch steel rollers press all awaiting the fitting of the press bed frames and pressure screws.

           Enquiries about print classes and etching press sales: johnmulvay@gmail.com

Tuesday 17 December 2019

Restoring Neglected Presses..


 I have restored four Shin Nihon Zokei table top presses in the past and Jackie found me and brought this one to Classic Etching Presses casualty ward to bring it back to life. This particular press is different from the other four I have restored as it's frame is made of plate steel bolted together and the drive is direct onto the print roller. The print roller is solid steel and very heavy and the plate steel frame very heavy also. Like the others the press bed is 400x700 (16x28inches)






Thursday 13 December 2018

Saint Kentigern College Art Department new press..


This very pretty and very strong 20 inch antique press was bought by Saint Kentigern College's Art Department as their Shin Nihon Zokei 16 inch table top (very good presses) was a little too small and also looking shabby and with a pitted print roller. Some years ago I was hired for a day by Saint Kentigern College to give a lesson to an art class full of young girls on how to design a mural.
Saint Kentigerns is an expensive private College in a lovely seaside setting in East Auckland.
Good to see one of my presses going to a good home.. :)



















Tuesday 23 October 2018

Your New Press..

 Finished and on display at the annual local Waikino Labour Weekend Art Exhibition.
This press has a 20 inch by 34 inch bed with felts cut to match. It is made from a restored and modified antique mangle about 110 years old. Built to last..
Enquiries; johnmulvay@gmail.com :)