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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;USS656, post: 852476, member: 6641&quot;]Thanks guys, The top is actually hinged to a bottom piece of plywood to insure a consistent return between prints.&nbsp; Part of the issue I think was that the plywood was a little too thick which required me to double the sweater to raise the paper.&nbsp; Next I will add an 8ht inch of wood right inside the cutout to raise the height of the paper. This should allow a more consistent pressure across the die surface.&nbsp; When you look at the entire piece you can see that the edge of the die had plenty of pressure. The wool did not give the pressure probably needed to pick up the ink in the image. That having been said, with more pressure I probably would have picked up more ink in the unwanted areas as well.&nbsp;&nbsp; The ink was room temperature and had the consistency of butter that is soft but not so soft it was melting (heavy creamy smooth).&nbsp; The paper is Rives BFK Cream 104LB.&nbsp; For the non-art people, this was made for Intaglio printing and is heavy smooth stuff that stood up well to about 45 second under water then about 5 minutes dry time.&nbsp;&nbsp; After 5 minutes I am afraid the paper was no longer wet enough as the towel under it had wicked much of the moisture.&nbsp; Will try again as soon as I have a little time.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Best Regards ~ Darryl</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee123/USS656/backofprint.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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