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Rust on Roller

I bought a few months ago a gorgeous new etching press, my first. When the roller came it was slightly rusty and when I asked the seller ab…

Started by Francis in Sample Title

2 Mar 22
Reply by Francis

Solar Plates at reasonable prices

I'm a printmaker in the south of England looking for a reasonably priced supplier of solar plates.   Can anyone out there help with this on…

Started by Sarah Mander in Sample Title

4 Mar 22
Reply by Winston

Help with etching on steel

hello, i am trying to achieve large flat areas of saturated colour by using aquatint and etching onto steel. Results so far are dull and pa…

Started by marcel in Sample Title

1 Feb 23
Reply by Allan Richardson

Chinese Etching Presses?

Anyone out there know anything about Chinese-made etching presses?  I have been offered one which was imported privately into the UK a few…

Started by Bill Hall in Sample Title

1 Dec 27, 2011
Reply by iain antony macleod

Kitchen Litho - who has tried it? can it work?

There is this new rage from France called kitchen lithography. I tried it myself and was not pleased with my results. Read about it here ht…

Started by Karl Marxhausen in Sample Title

2 Dec 16, 2011
Reply by Karl Marxhausen

Basic sharpening question

Let's say I have this set of carving tools. Can someone tell me what type of sharpening/honing stone/supplies I should be using? Once I get…

Started by Ed Felker in Sample Title

1 Dec 13, 2011
Reply by Leon Loughridge

Using acrylic aquatints.

Emma Gregory and I have been working on an acrylic aquatint project over the last two years.  Our article was published in this months Prin…

Started by Tracy Hill in Sample Title

1 Dec 13, 2011
Reply by Leon Loughridge

Water-soluble ink and wood blocks

How do you prep your woodblock before using water-soluble ink? I want to seal the woodcut to make it easier the clean off the ink.

Started by Karl Marxhausen in Sample Title

5 Dec 8, 2011
Reply by Karl Marxhausen

Printing Intaglio on 'non western ' papers ?

Please could any of you tell me about printing onto paper other than the ‘western’ type papers. I want to make intaglio prints onto papers…

Started by Aine Scannell in Sample Title

5 Dec 4, 2011
Reply by Nancy Jacobi

printmaking studios around the world

Hi, you all, I'm trying to collect images of printmaking studios around the wolrl in a technical, social, and artistic purposes. Please sen…

Started by Jörge de Sousa Noronha in Uncategorized

36 Nov 30, 2011
Reply by Ana Francisca Agurto Vigneaux

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