DIY registration device for printmaking
This is a quick video DIY guide to making your own registration device for printmaking.
Basic instructions and materials are as follows:
You will need: hardboard, wood saw, measuring tape, pencil, wood glue, sticky tape, ternes burton registration pins.
Optional: ternes burton registration tabs, hole punch for paper.
To start your own DIY registration device for printmaking project, you will need a piece of wood that is the same thickness or less, than your lino. I am using hardboard that is 3mm thick, 405mm wide and 810mm long.
Halve the wood evenly into a top board and base board so you can sandwich it together later.
Draw around your preferred size of lino to get the sizing and placement right on the top board.
Cut out the centre of the wood, that is the exact size of your lino, from your top board. I used a small jigsaw for this, and cut some half moon holes at the edge to help lift the lino in and out when printmaking.
Next use some wood glue, I use Gorilla Wood Glue, and apply it generously to the back of your top board.
Sandwich the base board to the back of your top board. Clamp and let dry for 24 hours minimum.
I have two options for accurately registering the paper to lino. First hole punch your paper, make sure you leave enough margin around the print border to cut this off later.
Fit two ternes burton registration pins to the holes and position your paper on the top board. The pins will hold you paper in place when you print. Tape the pins securely in place on the wood. You can now remove and register this print as many times as you need for reduction printmaking.
The second option is using the ternes burton registration tabs. You can buy these with the pins. You just clip them onto the prints, line your paper up, and place some tape on to secure them in place. You can reuse these pins as often as you need, and keep them attached throughout the entire reduction printmaking process.
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