Preservation of Traditional Technologies and the Development of New Technologies
In the dream of establishing the Workshop there was also the vision of building a place where it would be possible to preserve and perpetuate the tradition of the Hebrew printmaking in Jerusalem and in Israel. During its 37 years, the Workshop has accumulated rare, old printing presses.
One of the presses in the Workshop today is dated 1854 and had been bought by Yoel Moshe Salomon, in Monassa in Italy, in order to print the well-known newspaper, "Halevanon" at the Hebrew printing house that he established in Jerusalem in 1863. Together with the practical and historical preservation of the old techniques of printmaking, the Workshop tirelessly attempts to develop new technologies and it possesses several important innovations.
The Workshop facilities feature a variety of presses and other printmaking equipment. The generously sized space of Workshop includes a large main hall, 2 etching rooms, a lithography room, a screenprinting room and an office. Two galleries are housed upstairs and downstairs.
Etching / Intaglio
Etching press, manual, bed size 91x152 cm (36"x60")
Etching press, electric, bed size 81x127 cm (32"x50")
Etching press, manual, bed size 82x127 cm (32.5"x50")
Etching press, manual, bed size 82x 145 cm (32.5"x57")
Etching press, manual, bed size 58.5x100 cm (23"x39.5")
A library of lithographic stones
Brand press, bed size 91x132 cm (36"x52")
Berlin press, bed size 79x98 cm (31"x38.5")
Nurenberg press, bed size 58x72 cm (23"x28.5")
Screenprinting press
Screenprinting press, one-arm squeegee, bed size 65x51 cm (47"x31.5")
Screenprinting press, semi-automatic, 120x80 cm (47"x31.5")
170x148 cm (67"x58") vacuum frame with 1000w metal halide light source
rare and old printing presses
Amos dell Orto, 1854, letter press, bed size 65x51 cm (25.5"x20")
Hopkinson-Albion, 1834, small letter press, bed size 38x24 cm (15"x9.5")
Albion, 1886, big letter press, bed size 87x57 cm (34.5"x22.5)
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