Specifications: 2008. Mariner Halfwood Press. Serial No. 60033. Black walnut, ipe, steel, plastic, brass and a wooden instrument box made of poplar, baltic birch with hardwood trim.

Artist's Comment: The original owner of #33 was Lynda Lanker who saw Mark Mahaffey's personal Mini at Mahaffey Fine Arts in Portland, Oregon. She decided to have a mini for trial-proofing her smaller plates. I made No. 33 for her. It was the first one with which I included a wooden instrument box. Five years later, in 2013, Melissa Strawser bought No. 33 from Lynda as she was forming her plan use it in her Young Printmaking Workshop. Melissa is a sculptor and printmaker with a website at http://melissastrawser.com/

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Young Printmaking Workshop

Composite from snapshots at Young Printmaking Workshops

Melissa uses her Legacy Mini Halfwood Press in workshop for kids, she's the best advocate in the USA for the inclusion of a small Halfwood Press for kids to have a printmaking experience above the norm. Two videos are on YouTube, below, plus she has a Facebook page at
https://www.facebook.com/events/1803988189866231

Click to see the video which captures Melissa giving kids a try on monotypes.

and also

Click to see a video of Melissa on her brochure.