Tortilla Press printing!
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- Tortilla Press printing!
In this video I demonstrate printing my version of the Tortilla press!
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Omg! I thought I was the only one who used a tortilla machine with stamps 😂🤣😅 I used my grandma's tortilla press with stamps maybe 10 years ago and I still use it, I did upgrade to a bigger one.
Man who knew you could make a press with such simple steps like this! Thanks!!!
I just bought a tortilla press at a thrift shop thinking I could do some printing with it. How lucky am I to come across this video! Thanks for showing us how it's done.
I can’t believe I’m Mexican and didn’t think in this before. Great idea!
Maybe you are not Mexican enough
Prints look great! I will have to try this out. Thanks for posting!
That's such a smart idea!
Been waiting for this video. It finally clicked thru to me that you are drive by press. I’ve followed for a long time. Thanks for all of the great inspiration.
Hey! Thanks so much!
Wonderful stuff Joseph!
I'm SOOOO gonna order a tortilla press from your site!! Amazing!
Awesome!
Thank you for this video. I am such a print fan, I want to get some tortilla makers now.
brillianr I love it
I have loved watching your printmaking videos for years. I just discovered that you are in Florida too.
Hi Larry! I just received your email! Thank you! I'll be responding soon about a printmaking event in Miami in March 2023!
Amazing video! We love how do you make your prints so easily! We hope everyine can get the most of tortilla press and keep printing without any issues! We definitely are going to buy a yoga mats! Hell yeah!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
TGP!!!!
This is genius ✨💯
very cool! thx
Guau! De prisa iré a mi tienda Mexicana! Impresionante!
Fantastic! I love this video and your work!
Thank you so much!!
PRINT MAGIC!!!
Amazing ✅ 👏
Just came across your channel. So happy to have found it man. Cool stuff.
Thank you!! More stuff on the way! Just got a new camera!
Clever.
Ay Pepe! Está súper bueno esto entre el arte y las tortillas. Qué más se puede pedi! Saludos desde Yucatán 🤍
¡¡Hola!! ¡Mi abuelo era de Yucatán! ¡El poder de las tortillas!
PVC instead of linoleum (mind blowing meme) this is exactly the videos I give likes. I'm always searching for cheaper smarter better ways to do things and this is a perfect example. Gracias compadre! My passion for making lino prints it's renewed for now on call it PVC prints. Greetings from Mexico
Thank you!!! Also, those political signs politicians put up work great as a carving alternative (solid plastic signs) After elections of course....
I have used shower liner vinyl sheeting (thin gray stuff) glued to hardboard to carve custom and bigger sizes and it works pretty well. Bit of prep but it's much cheaper than the cost of large lino! I got mine from the home despot (not misspelled) in a big roll for $33 for 5'x6' and just cut it down. The hardboard tempered panel 4'x8' (1/8" thick) was $13 and the glue was some waterproof adhesive stuff I had. I used a rolling pin and brayer to get the air bubbles out and stacked books while it dried. (You can probably spray or coat the panel with a sealer prior to gluing down the liner, but I don't submerge it when I clean off the ink so I didn't do that.) I just get the front wet, scrub off the ink, then dry it face down with a little weight so it stays flat for the next time I print. It is pretty thin material, but it is SO much cheaper for the big images I want to carve. I use a cold laminator to print the blocks and it works well. It's just a suggestion that might work for someone! @@josephvelasquez1094
La Tortillería, Taller de Arte y Cultura, fantástico !!! 😻 Ahoritita (en mexicano) voy a hacerme una tortilladora manual para imprimir. Saludos desde Toluca
¡Me alegro de oirlo! ¡¡gracias por tu comentario!!
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If you took the hinge off the one side to make the top floating and added another press arm on that side you could make an even pressure press
Awesome! I'm wondering if you could do debossing with this method?
Rad!
This looks amazing thank you! Just wondering if you could also print thinner things like monotypes, or etchings/tetra-packs with this method? Thank you :)
There is not quite enough pressure to print intaglio. Buuuut I do have another press build that does! I'll be posting that video soon!
WOW!!! that was so interesting. I really like the way you use just normal objects that one may have at home to use and get the same effect. Though I will ask, must one change the "tortilla" press in order to get the same results??? I was thinking on getting one as is, but now I'm wondering. I love this idea because I'm a crafter. thank you so much for sharing....will go to your website and check out your store.
Yah, you absolutely must change the hinge to fit slightly higher than your substrate.
NOW I NEED TO BUY ONE. no tortillas.
What kind of pvc you use with the lino too? Thank you so much
Would the tortilla press also work with etching?
Awesome results. A friend gifted me a large trunk, I want to convert it into a portable block printing press as remenicent as old news paper presses as possible. Other than torilla press, do you recommend other small press models I could try fitting in a trunk to travel round with? Weight wise, I'm hoping press can move round on a hand truck or be lifted by two people.
I toured around a few nation wide tours with a Rembrandt Pelican Etching press, but thing was heavy heavy, as Drive By Press. There's a few others online that are a big bigger like the Provisional Press (google it) and the Blick 999 Model II Etching Press
Thanks so much for this! I never thought about pvc. What thickness is it? I love the solid effect.
the pvc is 1/4". it's carried in most Florida and coastal Home Depot stores
I'll be right back, just gonna go 'borrow' mi suegra's tortilla press LOL
What a gangster
Hi , just wondering if you will be making more large presses eg 8 by 10” for your store ? Great work , also please
Consider shipping to Canada 🇨🇦 ❤
Hi there! I can custom make one no problem. Email me @ velasquezprints@gmail.com and give me a city for me to check shipping rates.
You don't know how long it took me to find your video.... Whooopie.... How big can you make these please? Is there a maximum size that works? Thank you so so much for sharing this, I have chronic pain so I can't use a brayer, I have no funds to get a etching like press, plus no space to keep them.
Hi there! I actually made one called the Super Mamalona 5000 and it prints 16"x20"! But, it's a bit of work printing. I'll make a video soon and will show it! Comfortably, I think the largest size is 11"x14" printable.
Great! But where can I purchase one of the larger tortilla presses?
I can custom make a larger one for you! Email me @ velasquezprints@gmail.com
Thanks for sharing, I'm interested in trying this. How do you make the print plates?
You draw 'em then hand carve them on linoleum!Tons of videos on youtube and likely local workshops in your area!
Hi Joseph. That's an inspiring video. I'm a printmaker here in northern New Mexico. I love the idea of using a tortilla press for my woodblocks and linocuts, but I'm hesitant because of local sensitivities about cultural appropriation since I'm an anglo. Do you have any thoughts/reassurances to share about that?
I wouldn't be concerned with that as long as you give due credit. like I do, and not take credit as if it's your own concept.
Can I print anything thicker than lino? Is there a way to alter the hing so you could print mounted lino or thin woodblocks? Thanks for this great video :)
Hi. When you attach the hinge you can set it to the height of the substrate your using!
@@josephvelasquez1094 Thanks so much...
You didn't describe how you modified the larger press.
I see you rolling ink on that batman image but I don't really get how the white parts stay white. Maybe I'm misunderstanding how that graphic is set up.
The white area has been carved away. The process is relief printmaking. Tons of videos and demos here! happy printing!
Is the print solid because you over-ink?
No. it's solid because of thorough inking and ample pressure
I am just starting out with printmaking having a background in Art Education, however I worry about appropriation and utilizing a tool that is deeply embedded in the home life of a culture of which I'm not a part. I live and work in central California and Southern Arizona, both places I can easily and cheaply grab a tortilla press, but am hesitant due to the cultural implications of using one. Not necessarily trying to get a blanket statement, I'm just curious about your thoughts concerning this?
The impetus of sharing this video is the expansion and accessibility of printmaking! Though the tortilla press is the inspiration, once you make one it's not like you can press tortillas with it anyway. Also, simply giving credit to Tres Gatos Press, myself and many many others who use this method will show that you've done your research and are considerate and aware of the cultural use and significance. Spread the ink!!
@@josephvelasquez1094 Thank you for your response! I'm excited to try it with some of my students this year! A baren works fine, but the kids *love* presses. Something magical happens for them when they use one vs a baren. I'll be sure to credit the ingenious and resourceful minds that came up with this. :)
where do get pvc from?
Home Depot has PVC. 1/4 in. x 24 in. x 4 ft. White Reversible PVC Trim/Sheet
You keep saying a yoga mat. You mean an actual yoga mat used for yoga? Is there a substitute?
did this over 50 yrs ago in middle school. didn’t know one could earn a degree on a 500 year old invention i.e. gutenburg press