Discovering William Blake's Innovative Printing Process

[@RyanEglitis]

That would have been cool to actually see the result with a close-up.

[@suburbanyobbo9412]

What I thought. Cleverly edited otherwise.

[@rickh3714]

Very disappointing as a consequence. Good otherwise. What were they thinking. Censorship? Copyright?

[@HuwDouglasEvans]

Yes, this was an odd flaw in an otherwise great little video.

[@adamhuffman3354]

Yea I was desperate to see that. Such a tease! Excellent video though!

[@CreativeIsolation]

@@droopy_eyesI’m guessing the alignment is less critical as the access paper would’ve been cut away. Still would’ve been cool to see up close.

[@charlesegerton2859]

What a wonderful video. Thank you. But would like to have seen a close-up of the finished product.

[@andrastetriformis6241]

Phillips is a treasure trove of information. Thank you for sharing his expertise about the mastery of Blake's process.

[@JimOverbeckgenius]

63 years ago I ran away to find find Blake's brother's shop in Soho - then still standing - and slept rough for six months. My art-gallery Arte del Fulmine in Dolcedo, Liguria, Italy is dedicated to Bosch & Blake and contains several paintings inspired by him. His Heavenly touch reaches many sensitive minds.

[@alexjaybrady]

That's beautiful ❤

[@kateapple1]

Why did you sleep rough for six months I’m sorry, but what does that have to do with the story?

[@goilo888]

@@kateapple1Essentially, he had to suffer for his art. Just as many artists have done throughout history.

[@charmawow]

The reverse writing is totally insane! I went from producing etchings to the more direct method of drypoint engraving……this definitely inspires me to get back to etching!

[@samstewart2158]

One of my favorite artists - thank you!

[@jcsotello]

A collection of stunning techniques, delicate procedures, marvelous and sensitive art in a careful short video!

[@patrickhicks9880]

A few years ago when I hardly knew who Blake was I had an exhibition in Sheffield all to myself it was all new to me as I had no preconceived ideas or the distraction of people

[@dannsherstone1037]

I still have my etching plate from high school using this process. I cannot imagine using text! Wow!

[@katherandefy]

Always have loved Blake’s beautiful art

[@muchasgracias6976]

If this had been a hour long, it would still have been too short! Thank you and please keep up the fabulous work and amazing content.

[@thekarmafarmer608]

Fascinating! I was very mindful of the point about censorship. Great video, thanks.

[@dawnmichelle4403]

Very cool! I wish I could have seen what it looked like at the end.

[@zlatahume3134]

Fantastic insight into Blake, I learned something today😊

[@davidcahan]

The part about censorship at the end really hits

[@CorneliusWizardhands]

I am so happy for this man.

[@nattyw495]

Thats amazing as im a artist and published writer i can totally understand just how intensive it is to write and all those it takes to see thru process of publing book to go to market.. this was amazing , id like to see more of these types of videos..

[@qcrafted]

Interesting video, this technique is amazing, love the style of recording as well

[@JacksonG.F.]

Can this please be made into an hour long documentary?

[@DannyPoet]

Wow .. seeing the etched plates .. awesome work

[@dougdumbrill7234]

Wonderful! I have been searching for this information!!! Blake is justly credited for his genius, but what about the dogged determination to form a “Jerusalem” from these processes?!?! I am in awe!

[@laurawoodford1225]

I was a Blake fanatic in college so I’m very interested in this

[@kerryfletcher8114]

That was brilliant! Thanks very much. X

[@mikederasmo7621]

Craftmanship at it's Finest !

[@eckosters]

Amazing!!! I had absolutely no idea. Thank you

[@thetruthexperiment]

This is how I started etching completely self taught. Before I heard you were supposed to intaglio, the exact opposite. So I started doing that… well then i started to wonder how William Blake did his letters… i was right all along!! I was afraid to even look into lithography because I was afraid I’d get way into it. I am. I just don’t know where to get a stone. Not cheaply. I thought I could make my own using my own cement mixture. Now that I realize my intuition is usually correct I think I will. I would like to produce lithography tiles that anyone can use and buy cheaply. Does this exist? Surprisingly, printing seems to be nearly extinct but I find it incredible. Everything good about painting and photography with none of the things that suck about them. At least the things I think that suck. Photography is basically an exact copy of light and paintings take a lot of work and then get sold. Printing is all creative and each print is unique but you get to keep one and sell the rest. That’s it in a nutshell. Are there any printers out there? I need a community.

[@ericpmetze]

I wish this was an hour longer.

[@MEGAMIGA]

So much dedication!!!

[@mayormc]

Very interesting. Really enjoyed that.

[@cynthiahonorio9758]

Informative. Thank you.

[@MaryGadsby]

So fascinating!! Thank you.

[@nicolaslebrun3157]

20 minute version of this please?

[@thetruthexperiment]

If I had just stuck to my own ideas I’d probably be further along. It’s nice to know about intaglio and I do enjoy that process but I was etching relief with what I picked up from a hardware store before ever reading a single word or watching a single video. Perhaps I am the reincarnation of William Blake or one of his friends.

[@kentswan3230]

Effectively Blake constructed a flat plate precursor of the modern offset roll plate press that prints virtually all modern books, magazines, and newspapers (remember them?)?

[@Valerie-nf3jl]

Love you blake 😢

[@elmLeon]

Do you have any idea of ​​the wax he uses to create the dam? the brand ?

[@cholulahotsauce6166]

Just looked like beeswax to me

[@dont-want-no-wrench]

the printers composition roller not invented until the early 19th cent. would have saved him a lot of time.

[@andyrichardson2611]

Great video, thanks for sharing your years of research into the methods used by William Blake, it is fascinating. Is there a reason why you use a dam to retain the mordant rather than putting the plate in an acid bath, are you perhaps being true to Blake’s methods ?

[@mhkohne]

If you put the plate into an acid bath, you may end up with some etching of the rear and edges of the plate as well as the areas desired, unless you also varnished those areas. Was probably a bit easier to do the wax thing, than go through all that.

[@andyrichardson2611]

@@mhkohne I understand , thanks for the update

[@junktube4000]

I've heard he sometimes mixed glue with his watercolor paint. This makes me wonder if he would have liked painting with acrylics if they were available?

[@rodolfolarrea8493]

Marvelous

[@satsubatsu347]

Independently, it would appear, that Blake made a complimentary process to the one used in Japanese woodblock printing.

[@MicaFarrierRheayan]

It is so exquisite

[@Sirlene-et9ut]

Wow!!!

[@jayumble8390]

I don't understand and this is ok. I'm blown away though.

[@CanafYerHasan]

♥

[@stefaniecolonius4780]

❤

[@Dreadwinner]

💗

[@arturodelarosa4394]

An hour to clean the plate? Wouldn't it have been faster to draw a replica?

[@rcordiner]

Your obviously not a Printmaker 😂

[@ayanchalk]

A more detailed video would’ve been nicer

[@EcobeanShine]

OMG that`s sooooooo innovative.... smh

[@gnomgarden7310]

Disliking video because you don't show the results. 😠

[@1977ajax]

Which was the 'innovative' bit - this stuff predates Blake.

[@paulklee5790]

I read that particular ‘criticism’ last week… please be more original.

[@1977ajax]

@@paulklee5790 Answer the question.

[@martinflyvholm]

The technique is pretty much the same as guttenbergs the only different is that they used carved wood instead of etched cobber - also I know a handful of people who reads better mirrored then normal because of working with letter press for years

[@martinflyvholm]

To make the etched plates they used to sit in front of a mirror while writing the plates

[@Padraigp]

Jesus that seems tedious. Why would you use a roundy shaoed sponge to dab the ink when you could have just used something flat to put the ink on? Weird.

[@pr1me840]

It's not ink; it's basically oil paint... pigments with lindseal oil is oil paint. lol

[@GraemeGunn]

I don't want to be mean and say "you wasted your life", but...

[@ptsd3243]

Pitty a close-up of the printed plate is not shown. Also a longer video of the whole process would be nice.

[@HAHb-zc2dp]

You didnt discover anything his process was well known lmfao 😂😂😂😂😂