Now that most merchants are using phone dial-up to run credit card purchases - even at outdoor venues - most of us don't often see the old fashioned "swipe" machine that credit cards were run through in years past. But guess what? They make the perfect small printing machine! I took a class from Marsha Shaw who teaches up and down the coast here in California and learned how to create small lino prints using a modified credit card machine. This was the not only the first printing I'd ever done, but the first carving as well. There were about a half dozen of us in the class and we made enough prints for us all to have a small portfolio (that we also made in class) that included one of everyone's prints. These three are mine and I was quite pleased with the results.
For any of you in the San Francisco area Marsha will be offering this class twice this coming week at the San Francisco Center of the Book on Monday and Wednesday evenings.
Do you have some tips regarding print plastic cards to share?
ReplyDeleteHi! Where do you get the old credit card machine? Thanks!
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