Manneken Press publishes and exhibits original, limited edition and unique prints, portfolios, artist’s books and drawings by significant contemporary artists. The press was founded in 2000 and is owned and operated by Jonathan Higgins and Sarah Smelser. Invited artists come to our studio in Bloomington, Illinois to create original works of art in intaglio, relief, lithography and monotype. The prints are made by the artists working in close collaboration with master printer Jonathan Higgins, and are hand-printed on our Takach etching press. We are committed to traditional, time tested techniques and use only the finest papers and inks to produce our prints.
Etching, 2012.
Justin Quinn's print consist of forms created by repetitions of the capital letter “E”. It is an etching with surface roll printed on tan handmade ...
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Intaglio, 1998.
Photogravure, edition of 10. Published by Galamander Press. Peter Feldstein (1942-2017) was a photographer who taught for many years at the Univers...
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Photograph, 2019.
"Below" is an archival pigment print printed in an edition of three. The piece can also be printed in a larger size. Justis’ photographs are extens...
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Intaglio, 2016.
"Cielo Azzuro" is an etching and aquatint printed in blue-green on Somerset Soft White paper. It is a unique print and is designated as State Proof...
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Woodcut, 2016.
In this woodcut, printed in cadmium red and black inks on Somerset Satin paper, the artist riffs on the famous photograph of David Bowie in an outf...
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Monotype, 2016.
"Ballinglen IV" is a monotype with chine collé, printed on Kitakata kozo paper mounted to Folio paper with a white border on all sides of the image...
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Aquatint, 2019.
"Benibana" is one of six color aquatints comprising Jill Moser's "Chroma Six" suite. Printed on Arnhem paper in an edition of 20. The prints in the...
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Intaglio, 2015.
Etching and aquatint, printed from a single copper plate in black ink on Arches Cover paper. Hull worked directly on a copper plate using the age-o...
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Monotype, 2017.
Richard Hull used water soluble crayons to produce this print. Monotypes tend to be painterly, but using crayon allowed Hull to achieve drawn lines...
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Aquatint, 2019.
"Violets" is one of six color aquatints comprising Jill Moser's "Chroma Six" suite. Printed on Arnhem paper in an edition of 20. The prints in the ...
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Woodcut, 2012.
"Array 1000/Dark Blue" is a woodcut hand-printed on Fabriano Artistico paper in an edition of 15. Published by Manneken Press. "Array" is a series ...
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Woodcut, 2020.
This is a color reduction woodcut with pochoir printed on Hosho Professional paper, a handmade Japanese kozo paper, with a deckle on all four sides...
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