Maintenance
Mistakes before joining independent print studios
Before you join independent print studios, avoid the common mistakes: assuming a sale transfers rights, misnaming authors, and moving your practice at once.
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Maintenance
Maintenance
Solvent safety home print studio: small-space guide
Solvent safety home print studio guidance for small spaces, covering ventilation, storage, disposal, renter considerations, and cyanotype UV precautions.
Maintenance
Why do printmaking mistakes keep happening, and how do you find the cause?
What causes printmaking mistakes, and why it keeps happening: a working taxonomy of print faults, a diagnostic order that finds the cause quickly.
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Habits that quietly wreck a beginner printing press
The habits that damage a studio press or its owner: leaving it under load, adjusting while it moves, and getting used to solvent fumes at the bench.
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Printmaking workspaces: power, paper and water
Printmaking workspaces are easier to use when power stays out of wet zones, paper stays off cold walls, and a water-damage plan is ready.