Printmaking
at
Wet Paint
Wet Paint is known for its paint and papers, and sometimes lost in
the maze are our resources for the fine printmaker.
There are four traditional methods for making prints: relief,
intaglio, lithography and silkscreen.
Relief
Relief printing (linoleum or woodcut) is perhaps the
earliest and most direct. It involves removing the negative areas by
carving, and inking and then printing the sections standing in relief.
Besides our vast linoleum supplies from Hunt, we carry
excellent tools for working wood and linoleum from Edward Lyons.
print by Justin Terlecki
Intaglio
Intaglio encompasses all the techniques for working
zinc and copper plates, including etching, engraving, drypoint,
aquatint and soft ground. Again, Edward
Lyons makes some of the finest burins, scrapers, burnishers
and etching styluses available. Charbonnel has been
producing excellent etching inks and grounds since 1862. Noteworthy
in the Charbonnel line is its diverse selection of black inks.
Lithography
Lithography (Greek for “stone writing”)
is a planographic technique. It is neither a relief
nor a below-the-surface technique like intaglio, but rather a chemical
process that utilizes the basic principle that grease and water repel
each other. We offer litho crayons by William
Korn and Stones.
Silkscreen
Last but not least is silkscreen, which is a stencil
technique whereby ink is forced through an open mesh screen. We carry
a variety of inks from Speedball, as well as several
mediums that will allow you to adapt your acrylic paints as a silkscreen
ink.
FABRIC INKS
ACRYLIC INKS
DIAZO & SCREEN PRINTING MEDIUMS
DIAZO PHOTO EMULSION KIT
SCREEN PRINTING TOOLS & ACCESSORIES
SCREEN PRINTING SETS
ULTIMATE SCREEN PRINTING KIT
And Wet Paint has become a popular source for Print Gocco,
the fun and fast screenprint device that enables you to make prints
from photocopies, and its accessories.
You can purchase Speedball Screen Printing & Print Gocco Products by clicking here or on the links above!
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