"Why this book's apparently whimsical title? It was chosen because it can hardly be the case that any two artists making prints, even if working in the same technical specialism, will achieve their ends in precisely the same way. Most will have interesting stories to tell about the often unorthodox, idiosyncratic and sometimes accidental ways in which they solve their problems." "Sir Peter Blake's succinct foreword points to the very wide spectrum of possibilities now at the disposal of artist-printmakers. Those contributing first-hand accounts of the development of their ideas represent every possible point on this spectrum, from entirely hand-wrought to largely computer-generated images." "Each of the nearly seventy participants (all members of London's Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, including several Royal Academicians) has been allocated to a double page in which to offer an intimate insight into his or her working procedures, giving the reader the illusion of witnessing - behind the scenes as it were - the daily creative striving of the artist and the patient technical procedures that often underpin it. Their revelations range from the story of a near encounter with Picasso to the benefits of S. W. Hayter's uncompromising tuition at the celebrated Atelier 17 and from the taxing preparation of a mezzotint plate to the acceptance of the sometimes unforeseen but ultimately happy outcome of printing large collagraph images." "The book is illustrated throughout, with many images in full colour. It contains a substantial introduction, a glossary of technical terms, and index and a list of contributors' professional attainments and contact detail."--BOOK JACKET.