Wow had no idea about wood block printing as have only attempted Lino cutting which I loved. Your blocks are beautiful works of art in themselves especially because of the skill and pain involved!

An insightful, detailed and very helpful honest review. Thank you

❤ my Pooki.  Thanks for the comparison.

Hello Molly from Ireland ☘️

Great video, thank you Molly! I always appreciate the thought and hard work you put into these ❤ It was lovely seeing some of your old blocks too, i missed these as i only found you late last year!

Você é maravilhosa, tem talento perfeito, além da beleza externa, você é uma excelente gravurista. Adorooooo

This was so helpful, Molly, and thank you for the video and for showing your beautiful Albions.

I have a Woodzilla, which is almost identical to the Pooki Press. I’m new to lino and I just assumed the press would immediately give me more consistent results than hand burnishing, which I quickly learned was not the case.  I really appreciated hearing your thoughts on using presses, and that they have other benefits.

If you’re collecting future video ideas, a step by step techniques video on getting a great print would be much appreciated. I’m sure you’ve got plenty of other topics in your queue, however.

Thank you as always for the time and effort you put into these!

Thank you for video!

So useful Thankyou

super video, thank you

Despite watching all your videos I didn’t realise you had two antique presses!  They are so beautiful; I wonder who has printed on them before you?  I also didn’t know that you could get the wood blocks resurfaced and I think that’s such an excellent idea.

Your poor hands though Molly!  Well done for always being mindful now to protect them, so you can keep making your beautiful art 💚

Wow, not one but two Albion presses, I'm green with envy! I have been trying to buy one, but on this side of  the Pond in Manhattan they are rare and extremely expensive. Thanks so much for the informative honest review. The Pooki press is impressive as well, good to know it comes in three sizes, I would opt for the smaller version  to take with me on my travels.

Not sure if you have this product in England, but in Canada we have round styrofoam like tubing for  insulation for pipes, it simply slips on over the pipe to offer insulation to copper water lines,it would work on your pookies handles and give a much more cushiony feel. 👍😀

Oh, this is such a wonderful video. Thank you so much for this comparison. I’m a beginner in linocut and I’m trying to achieve the sharpest prints possible. I use a metal spoon, and with oil-based inks, the result is quite decent, but due to the strong pressure, the paper always shifts by a millimeter, causing the image to come out slightly double. Before your video, I thought this only happened to me. So, a manual press might help me with this problem. Thank you 🫶🏻

Hi! I'm in love with your Albion small press. I'd really ike to know where you would get a press like that. I suppose you'd have to be lucky to find one?

You might like your larger Albion if you had it on a lower table, where the bed for inking is more on the same level as the small Albion., remembering the old printer's adage, "You can print small on a large press, but can't print large on a small press."

Molly, I always love your videos so much! I'm curious, is there a reason why you engrave wood blocks vs linoleum? Or other surfaces? And do you ever carve on other surfaces? Like copper, zinc etc?

This is a really interesting comparison - thank you Molly. Ive never used a press before so I'm surprised that both need hand finishing as it were.

I would think though that they are probably consistent - if you were doing say 50 prints from a particular block that it would always be the same section of the block that needs hand finishing? Actually does it tend to be the centre section that's problematic?

Thanks

do you think the Albion press is not printing in the center of larger blocks because the tympan could have been squashed in the middle by smaller blocks and needs repacked.

What about a Pooki vs a spoon?