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Will Tuthill Collection
Passive and active sides of Frigate Halfwood Press No. 3
Frigate Halfwood Press No. 3
Specifications: 2013. Frigate Halfwood Press. Serial No. 750003. Specifications: Roller diameter 1 7/8" x 7.5" long, top and bottom. Bed is 3/8" polycarbonate, 7 1/2" x 21". The overall length is 22"; overall width is 12 3/4"; overall height is 13". Weight is 26 lbs.; Drive wheel is 10 1/2" diameter stainless steel. The bed is rack-driven, approximating a 3:1 mechanical advantage. Woods used are American black walnut with wenge interlayering. The pressure screws are linked and synchronized. The press included three etching felts, user's manual and plus a PressGhost memory and USB extension cable for connecting to any computer. The owner also ordered the optional walnut printmaker accessory box, made by Jim Robertson.
About Will Tuthill: Will Tuthill contacted me in the autumn of 2012 with some interesting insights into making a miniature lithograph press, plus he was starting to make prints using vitreography. His interest was picqued by the Halfwood Presses and in the winter and spring made his decsion to buy his Frigate. I thought his crayon-manner lithographs were so fine it is likely he will transfer this skill to vitreography as well as his intaglio and relief printmaking. The arrival of his press will coincide with a show he plans in May of 2013. You can see Will's Website, Toad Stone Studios
Will Tuthill demonstrating during the Creative Spaces Reception in 2013.
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