Susan Cartwright

Joined Artfinder: Aug. 2018

Artworks for sale: 29

(22)

Canada

Updates from Susan Cartwright's studio

  • My first print in my not-quite-set-up studio!

    My first print in my not-quite-set-up studio!

    Once my etching press was reassembled, I couldn't wait to ink up a plate and pull my first print on it..... and that was many prints ago! Nonetheless, nothing compares to the anticipation of peeling the paper back from a plate or block after it has been through the press.....

    15 September 2018
    My tabletop press

    My tabletop press

    I also own a small tabletop press which is actually a die cutting machine for craftspeople. Some bright person decided it might make a good inexpensive press. Now there is an active on-line community of new and experienced printmakers using the X-Cut press for relief and intaglio printmaking. It is wonderful for demos and teaching as it is highly portable and simple to use.

    21 August 2018
    My first international juried show

    My first international juried show

    A mini-print exhibition in 2016

    21 August 2018
    Getting inky!

    Getting inky!

    Mixing colours for inking a plate in the shared studio space at college.

    21 August 2018
    Preparing a lithography stone at college.

    Preparing a lithography stone at college.

    I am lucky that the college I attended to learn printmaking has two litho presses and a substantial collection of old stones (Bavarian limestone) as well as two accomplished and dedicated lithographers to teach.

    21 August 2018
    My etching press

    My etching press

    I don't know much about my press, only that it was manufactured in Europe and was used in a school or college where the students obviously experimented putting all kind of things through the press! That meant the rollers needed some work when I purchased it from a fellow printmaker near Ottawa. But this lovely press has changed my artistic practice, allowing me the time and the independence to experiment and learn.

    21 August 2018