16 Tiles
A project exploring the intersection of 3d printing, relief printing, and trillions of possibilities.
Photographic prints · Workshops · Commissions
Katsudon
Experimental
Press
Independent printmaker in Lisbon
Giclée Printing
Giclée printing is a wholly made-up term, rather pompous honestly, as it just means ink-jet printing. But the pomposity comes from the very true fact that not all ink-jet prints are alike in quality and durability. A print you make on your home printer will typically suffer
Photogravure
Photogravure is a special case of intaglio printing, in which marks are made into the surface of a printing matrix (by scratching or etching) to create an image positive. Ink is pressed into the removed area, and wiped from the top surface, and paper is pressed into the recesses under
Relief Printing
In relief printing, you carve the negative of an image into a printing plate (or matrix). The raised areas hold ink that can be pressed into paper. Traditionally, printmakers used wood blocks, or more recently linoleum flooring (which is just the right softness) to create matrices by carving away from
18 Jul 2026
Calibrating the Sun
Photopolymer plates are fun but intimidating things. These are a thin steel sheet coated with a soft film of UV-sensitive monomers. When exposed to a strong UV light (precisely 365nm for the curious), those monomers link up together to form an ultra-hard polymers. The remaining un-linked monomers
17 Jul 2026
“16 Tiles” Prints Now Available
In the printmaking world (and probably the art world in general), scarcity is this thing that gets people excited. Scarcity creates value. This is why printmakers edition their works, because it creates value, it creates exclusivity. It tells the buyer: You are special, because there are very few people like
11 Jul 2026
3D Printed Chop Mark
In China, Korea, and Japan, rather than using a signature, people have for centuries marked documents using a stamp that for whatever reason is called a “chop” in English (which to my ear sounds faintly racist, but I have no idea the origins of this word). Because of the influence
10 Jul 2026
16 Tiles Series 1
Interactive tiling generator
12 Jun 2026
Color Calibration
Making museum-quality giclée prints requires more than just a good printer, it requires a carefully calibrated workflow to ensure the highest standards of color reproduction. And, as I'm learning, it’s not easy. You have to color calibrate your display of course. You also need specialized printing
9 Jun 2026
First Experiments in 3D Printing Relief Matrices
It only took a couple of beers, and 20 minutes of print time for this to finally happen. Maybe you are familiar with linocut printmaking. This is similar, except instead of carving up a block of lino, we’re experimenting with making printing plates out of plastic on a 3d