{"id":27747,"date":"2025-04-16T21:41:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T20:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=27747"},"modified":"2025-04-16T21:57:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T20:57:41","slug":"art-my-first-prints-on-teresas-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=27747","title":{"rendered":"ART: My First Print(s), on Teresa\u2019s Press"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6457-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27740\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6457-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6457-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6457-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6457.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Baby steps\u2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the best of my first baby steps in printmaking. Two card plates. They\u2019re supposed to align, roughly. I got the alignment all wrong! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6455-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27741\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6455-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6455-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6455-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6455-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6455.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">My two plates, &amp; several impressions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Getting the amount of ink on the plates right is key. Soaking the paper onto which you\u2019re printing is also important. Although how you do that &#8211; a misting spray, perhaps? &#8211; on multiple layer prints? I\u2019m not sure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6456-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27742\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6456-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6456-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6456-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6456-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6456.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The card plates.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s early days for us, of course\u2026 Day one, to be exact. But what fun! And we\u2019ve got a lot to learn (and re-learn). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1023\" height=\"755\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27744\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-12.jpg 1023w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-12-300x221.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-12-768x567.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Trying further attempts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I scribed more linear \u2018detail\u2019 on the main plate. But forgot to re-shellac it\u2026 doh! And getting the inking right!? Nowhere near getting that right, yet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6459-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27745\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6459-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6459-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6459-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6459.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The definition of the hand is much better.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6460-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27746\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6460-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6460-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6460-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6460.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Weirdly crap. But also the best aligned.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The above is the nearest I got to getting the plates aligned as intended. Sadly the inking and printing are altogether more sketchy and random. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1023\" height=\"767\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27749\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-1-2.jpg 1023w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-1-2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-1-2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The fruits of today\u2019s printing labours.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So\u2026 not one of these has come out as intended. Bug it\u2019s all good. All learning and experience. We were both quite slapdash in our printing today. But enthusiastic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6470-769x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27751\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6470-769x1024.jpg 769w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6470-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6470-768x1023.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6470-1154x1536.jpg 1154w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6470.jpg 1502w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Happy artist\/printmaker.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the best of my first baby steps in printmaking. Two card plates. They\u2019re supposed to align, roughly. I got the alignment all wrong! Getting the amount of ink on the plates right is key. Soaking the paper onto which you\u2019re printing is also important. Although how you do that &#8211; a misting spray, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=27747\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;ART: My First Print(s), on Teresa\u2019s Press&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGwUa-7dx","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27747"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27747"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27754,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27747\/revisions\/27754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}