That's why Machnik has spent the winter setting up his portable press in a succession of Nunavut communities, including Arctic Bay, Clyde River, Hall Beach, Igloolik, Kimmirut, Qikiqtarjuak and Pond Inlet. A lot of younger people turn out, he said. But his true joy comes from working with the elders. That happens here with the elders. You don't see that down South.
Printmaking is no simple process.
It begins with an artist drawing on a waxed surface overlying a copper plate. Acid is then applied to groove the copper where the wax has been worn away. In doing so, the artist's sketch is etched into the metal. Then the wax is removed and the plate is inked. When the ink on the surface of the plate is wiped away it remains in the etched grooves.