Intaglio Printmaking

Written By Colin Palombi

Tools & Materials

  • Files (for filing new plates)

  • Liquid hard ground (American Graphics Distributors)

  • Ball hard ground (made in-house)

  • Aquatint ground (India Ink + Acrylic medium)

  • Mezzotint rockers

  • Packing tape

  • Ferric Chloride (30 baume)

  • Etching trays (up to 30” x 40”)

  • Paper soaking trays (up to 30” x 40”)

  • White towels (for paper blotting)

  • Degreasing supplies (whiting, vinegar, amonia, felts)

  • Reusable ink cards (squeegee cut offs)

  • Ink modifiers (setswell compound, burnt plate oil, magnesium carbonate)

  • Nitrile gloves

  • Cleaners and solvents: mineral spirits, mineral oil, denatured alcohol, simple green

  • Newsprint

  • See Facilities for a full list of equipment

Limited quantities available for learning purposes:

  • Polishing supplies (sand paper, steel wool, brasso)

  • Contact paper

  • Transfer paper

  • Scraper & burnisher

  • Misc. brushes for hard ground, spit bite, & sugar lift

  • Pine resin (aquatint alternative)

  • Tarlatan

Artists attending independent print sessions are asked to provide their own tools and supplies.

Ink

  • $2/ounce for Hanco inks

  • $3/ounce for Gamblin, and Cranfield inks

  • or bring your own ink

Bring Your Own / Suggested Packing List

  • Reusable latex gloves (for degreasing and etching)

  • Copper plates

  • Contact paper

  • Polishing supplies (sand paper, steel wool, brasso)

  • Transfer paper

  • Etching needle

  • Scraper & burnisher

  • Paper

  • Alternative grounds (soft ground, white ground, sugar lift, etc.)

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