Printmaking Inks and Mediums

Blick Water-Soluble Block Printing Inks are perfect for printing on linoleum, wood, soft block surfaces, polyprint plates, and Styrofoam. The inks are water soluble, so they're formulated to be dissolvable if they encounter water.

Create vibrant, lightfast prints using all types of relief plates with Cranfield Traditional Relief Inks. After being available for three generations in Europe, this relief ink range is finally available in the U. S.

Speedball Fabric and Paper Block Printing Ink works just as well on fabric as it does on paper. This oil-based ink provides bold, opaque color that is permanent yet cleans up easily with soap and water.

Speedball Oil Base Block Printing Inks are non-toxic, waterproof, and permanent. They are suitable for printing on paper and fabrics and clean up with mineral spirits or turpentine. The inks themselves conform to ASTM D-4236.

Speedball Professional Relief Inks are artist-quality, water-miscible, oil-based printmaking inks that were formulated to offer the working properties artists desire.

Speedball Water-Soluble Block Printing Ink dries to a rich, satiny finish and are excellent for use in studio, school or home. These inks have excellent tack for uniform coverage and are very easy to clean up with water. They are both non-Toxic as well as gluten free.

For printing on light-colored cotton fabrics, linen, rayon, polyester and most synthetics (not nylon). Safe for school use. Also brush on tennis shoes, tote bags, sweats, etc. Also works well on paper products, printmaking.

A water-borne system designed to blend with acrylic paints for silkscreen application. Increases working time and retards paint from drying in the screen. Safe to use with minimal odor.

Permaset Aqua is a revolution in fabric and screen printing ink! Made with advanced polymer technology combined with the purest pigments, it results in an environmentally friendly and easy to use ink that provides long-term durability without compromising its superior soft handle.

The Speedball Diazo Photo Emulsion Remover is more effective than bleach in cleaning screens used in screen printing. Simply apply the remover to both sides of the screen, scrub with a soft brush, apply again, wait three minutes, and scrub and rinse with hot water. Use the screen again and again.

The photo emulsion method of screen printing is perhaps the most exciting method created! It makes possible fine line drawings, computer generated images, various hand and commercial lettering, and photographic half-tone positives (Sepia toned images).

Speedball water-based textile screen printing inks are great for light-colored cotton, linen, blends, polyester, rayon, and other synthetic fibers (except nylon). Use the process colors for 4-color process printing. Speedball textile inks can also be brush-applied to tennis shoes, canvas bags, etc.

Brilliant iridescent opaque colors for use on cotton, polyester, blends, linen, rayon, and other synthetic fibers. Also works great on paper or cardboard and is ideal for use on dark Fabrics. Colors dry to a rich satin texture, usually in a normal classroom period.

These brilliant and opaque permanent inks are formulated to print well on paper, wood and fabric. They offer permanence of oil based inks with the convenience of water wash up. Non-Toxic.

This water based, non-toxic acrylic screen printing ink is great for screen printing on signs, posters, and fine art prints. Speedball Professional Screen Printing Ink has a deep, rich poster black finish that resists scuffing. It cleans up easily with soap and water.

Create more transparent ink colors with Speedball Screen Printing Acrylic Extender Base. It’s specially formulated to mix with any Speedball Acrylic Ink for use on paper or wood. Use in any proportion to achieve your desired level of transparency. It cleans up easily with water.

Akua Intaglio Inks are soy-based, permanent inks for intaglio, relief, monotype, and collagraph techniques on plastic, linoleum, wood, or metal plates . Akua ink has a rich, thick consistency with minimal dryer and cleans up easily with soap and water.

Akua Intaglio Release Agent is a multi-purpose product for use with Akua Liquid Pigments and Akua Intaglio Inks.

These exceptionally rich, water based, non-toxic inks work great for all types of monotype techniques. Their clean, brilliant, lightfast colors are exceptionally strong yet transparent; no chalk, fillers, or polymers are added.

Akua Intaglio Inks are soy-based, permanent inks for intaglio, relief, monotype, and collagraph techniques on plastic, linoleum, wood, or metal plates. These environmentally friendly inks are safe to use without special ventilation, toxic solvents, or fireproof containers.

These inks feature pigments chosen for their excellent lightfastness and low acidity. Blended with top-quality oils and finely milled to ensure trouble-free printing and a lasting work of art, Charbonnel etching inks are the top choice of the most exacting printmakers.

These oil-based etching inks are made from the finest single pigments and polymerized vegetable oil, offering the feel and working properties of traditional oil-based inks with the bonus of soap and water cleanup.

Caligo Safe Wash Relief Inks oil-based relief/block printing inks that are suitable for all types of block printing, including wood engraving, linocut, woodcut, and letterpress printing with photopolymer plates.

Here are etching inks with a consistently reliable formulation made from a combination of lightfast pigments and traditional linseed oils chosen and blended to provide viscosity, structure, and that unique linseed oil smell.

Sepia Etching Ink was created for professional printmakers looking for strong reliable inks for edition printing. Formulated to work for all intaglio techniques: etching, drypoint, aquatint, mezzotint or engraving.

Depending on the printmaking technique, the inks may need to be adjusted slightly with a Gamblin modifier. Temperature, humidity, the type of plate, and the type of paper all affect how inks perform.