WHELAN PRESSThe print action of the Whelan Press is truly unique. The print roller advances to the edge of the plate and climbs the plate smoothly-effortlessly, then rolls gently off the trailing edge. With a stationary press bed your artwork does not move. Your paper and plate stay where you put them.
Press Operation Techniques
Register the plate using the grid and place on the bed cover.
Lay paper and blankets down.
Apply pressure by rotating the pressure wheels clockwise to the desired setting.
Advance roller over plate.Depending on the amount of force being used and the profile of the plate edge, you can climb plates up to 1/2" in thickness. For printing Glass Plate, Linoleum or Woodblock you may use a template or print paper up and plate down.
Aquatint . Etching . Glass Plate . SolarPlate . Waterless Lithography
The flexible stationary press bed produces a perfectly flat surface for printing glass plates and will never warp. Whatever your print method - Aquatint, Dry Point, Collagraph, Relief or Intaglio - the Whelan Press is the innovative solution.
Woodblock Printmaking . Collagraph . Monotype . Embossing . Laminating . Relief Printmaking
Print Woodblocks and Glass Plates two ways: paper up and plate down or plate up and paper down. The self-leveling print roller and pressure gauges make transitioning from an Etchings to woodblocks a snap. Reset and repeat pressure settings quickly and precisely.