Sept 14, 2026 NEWS! - This date marks the 25th anniversary of Cape Fear Press! I am so grateful to be running my small business and photogravure studio 25 years later and owe it all to you: all my early, long time, and loyal customers and clients! On September 14, 2001 I launched my website on a printmaking message board on the MTSU website and offered Puretch as my first product for photo-etching on copper. Little did I know at the time, I would eventually return to working with photogravure, learning it finally in 2010 and supplying several related specialty products for photogravure as well as photo intaglio. It has been a very educational and rewarding journey. Thank you all so much !!
Processes and Products for photo intaglio: Are you looking for information on traditional photogravure, photo etching or photopolymer intaglio and want to learn one of these processes the fastest way possible? Then look no further, you have come to the right place! We are a world-wide supplier for photogravure gelatin paper and photopolymer films for photo etching and photopolymer. Each product comes with clear step-by-step instructions to quickly get you producing quality prints. It has never been easier than now to learn the time tested process of photogravure invented by Talbot and Kliç just after the dawn of photography!
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Cape Fear Press is a privately owned contemporary photogravure and photo-etching printmaking studio located in Carolina Beach, North Carolina which is just a 30 min. ride from ILM International Airport in Wilmington. Jennifer Page, the owner of CFP is an artist dedicated to less toxic and technical innovations in the field of fine art photogravure and photo etching on copper. Cape Fear Press formulated the Puretch Photopolymer etching process for fine art photo etching in 2001. Puretch is a high resolution photopolymer etch resist for traditionally etched metal plate intaglio printmaking. Since 2010 Cape Fear Press has also thoroughly tested, written processing guides for, and distributes the newer Dragon Gravure and Phoenix Gravure gelatin pigment tissues for photogravure. One aim here is to preserve and keep the authentic process of photogravure as it was invented by Talbot and Kliç in the mid 1800s via education, innovation, cutting-edge technical reasearch and developments.
Website notes: This website has recently been completely rebuilt and is now flexble on all devices. Best viewing will always be on a desktop because there are many technical texts and images within this website which require a larger screen. I still maintain the website myself, now with Xway (previously Freeway pro) by Softpress in the UK, and have been using their web building software ever since day one. This affordable and intuitive software affords me the freedom to design and maintain my website myslef (no coding!) and not be dependent on an external webmaster financially or time-wise. Please let me know if you encounter any technical difficulties, typos or link errors via email.
Rembrandt Press original 'Pelican' model by John Graves, 24" wide
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