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Megan Yee Collection
Active and passive sides of Mini Halfwood Press No. 85
Mini Halfwood Press No. 85
2011. Mini Halfwood Press. Serial No. 60085. Rollers are 1.5 x 5.75 inches top and bottom. The bed is 1/4 x 6 x 17 inch 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 are American black walnut with a walnut hood with ipe cladding on the steel. Hood-ends and flat top are capped with ipe. The instrument box is poplar trimmed in ipe. Included are felt blankets, copper plate, Allen Wrench, User's Manual and DVD.
Artist's comment: The building of Megan's press actually included support from her parents, who wanted to give her a graduation present. Megan had been passing by the Halfwood Press Workshop which was near her home, she had seen the press, stopped in to chat - and that was that! Megan is a graduate of a California art school and was having success with paper - based arts, and looks forward to advancing her career partly with her own press.
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