The new press ready to go. The bed is 30mm MDF board. The rollers are 1220mm wide and the bed is 1220 x 2400mm. The press, like most of the furniture in my studio has wheels so I can move it around easily.

BACKYARD SHEERNESS

This is the first press I made 1200mm wide to print large collaborative prints I made with Karl Ghattas. The top roller I made with a 5cm rubber coating thinking I could get away without using the blankets. It was a good idea that could possibly work with linocuts but didn't work for these prints. The press served its purpose though.

STUDIO 1 BARCELONA

My second press made using bits and pieces of scrap MDF from a furniture maker and bits and pieces collected around Sheerness where I was living at the time. It worked well enough for a 5 years until the rollers snapped under too much pressure. After that I went to Carlos and with the help of Doug Forsythes etching plans we made the ¨Bessie Martha¨(in honour of my Gran who left me the money which payed for the press)