Open Press Project - The first 3D-Printed Printmaking Press

A project in Cologne, Germany by Martin Schneider
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Use printmaking for your art whenever and wherever you want. Designed to make etchings & co accessible to everyone.
Backers: 1485
Average Pledge Per Backer: €82

Funded: €121,662 of €1,000
Dates: Apr 3rd -> May 3rd (30 days)
Project By: Martin Schneider
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Latest News

THANK YOU!

May 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
WOOHOO! We did it! Thank you so much for your support and love!! The last 30 days were incredible! We are blown away by how many people participated and can't wait to go into production! The next months will be a lot of work, but we are so looking... (Read More)

Colour questionnaire!

May 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

More stretch goals!

May 1st - via: kickstarter.com
This quick update is here to announce two more stretch goals! Because a lot of people liked our idea of the 3D-printed drypoint needle, we want to make it more accessible to people! If we get past 120.000€, we'll add the plans of the drypoint... (Read More)

Open Press Set and 1000+ backers!!

April 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you all for your patience! We have figured things out and are super happy to announce a second version of our beginners kit! The Open Press Set is a bit different than the first kit and won't come with all the materials and tools of the first... (Read More)

This is INKredible!

April 17th - via: kickstarter.com
We are blown away! It's awesome to see that so many people are excited about our little press! Thank you SO MUCH for almost 900 backers! We can't wait to welcome so many people to the miniature printmaking world! And there are 17 days left, crazy!... (Read More)

3D-Printed Printing Press Allows Anyone to Print Art From Home

April 14th - via: mymodernmet.com
Printmaking has been around for hundreds of years, and it (Read More)

Stretch Goal Unlocked!

April 4th - via: kickstarter.com
You are awesome! And we are speechless. We totally did not expect to get to the 12,000€ stretch goal within ONE day! Thank you!  Because we have so many presses to manufacture now, we are able to add some colour to it! You'll get the option to... (Read More)

WOW! Thank you everyone!

April 4th - via: kickstarter.com
We did not expect to get so much love! Thank you for backing and believing in us!! We intentionally set the goal to quite a small number, so that we could manufacture presses even if there were only a few people interested. But don't worry, we also... (Read More)

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