A Safer Printmaking Studio
SUPPLIERS
PHOTOPOLYMER PLATES AND RELATED PRODUCTS
Toyobo Printight Sunplates KM73 - JPlatesPlus
Puretch Photoresist Film - Cape Fear Press
Non-toxic Intaglio - The Printmakers' Experimentarium
Printmaking Supplies - Melbourne Etching Supplies
JAPANESE WOODBLOCK
Mokuhanga tools, materials & equipment - Karuizawa Mokuhanga School
Cutting Tools - Jackson's Art Supplies
Mokuhanga Printing Baren for Japanese Woodblock Printmaking - Washi Arts
PRESSES AND FELTS
Enjay Presses Pty Ltd:
Bill Young +61 0428 293 662 - Eastern States
Susan Baran +61 0401306016 - NSW
Dianne Longley +61 0414 891 952 - Victoria Goldfields
Simone Tippett +61 0407 079 604 - South Australia
John Robinson +61 0423 569 010 - Tasmania
Etching Presses & blankets are also available at:
Melbourne Etching Supplies
Parkers Fine Art Supplies
Oxford Fine Art Supplies
PRINTING INKS
Rubber based inks, tack reducer. Ph: 0416 007 367 - Mistbit Pty. Ltd
Akua Intaglio soy-based permanent inks - Dick Blick Art Materials
Inking products are also available at:
Melbourne Etching Supplies
Parkers Fine Art Supplies
PRINTING PLATES
Plastic products - Warringah Plastics Pty Ltd
Polycarbonate for drypoint & monotypes - FX Plastics Pty Ltd
Usually stock cardboard, offcuts of craft paper, perspex - Reverse Garbage Cooperative
Aluminium Sheet - Aluminium Warehouse
Copper, steel & other sheet metals - Stephenson Sheet Metal Pty Ltd Tel: 9905 5639
Copper & zinc roofing - Sterland Roofing
PAPERS
The studio stocks a range of printmaking papers at competitive prices
Marguerite de Fondaumiere keeps stocks of handmade oriental paper from Japan, China, Korea & Taiwan - Blackbird Paper Facebook Page Email
Printmaking paper is also available at:
Melbourne Etching Supplies
Parkers Fine Art Supplies
Neil Wallace Printmaking Supplies
Art Scene
CLEANING PRODUCTS
Homestrip for cleaning BIG ground off plates. Also good for cleaning brushes -
48 Wattle Road, Brookvale (on the corner of Michell Road). Phone:1300 451 925. Call first.
Vegetable Cleaning Agent to remove rubber bitumen grounds - Ebotaniq
Safety gear, nitrile gloves, protective glasses - Blackwoods
Copper Sulphate (also called Bluestone) - Hardware or Gardening Stores.
Recycling of Chemicals & waste - Transpacific Cleanaway
Environmentally friendly E-waste recycling - IT Liquidators
FILM POSITIVES & PRINTING SERVICES
Film positives for transfer to polymer plate. (Ask for a right reading film positive of between 100 & 150 lpi) - Wombat Grafx
Range of office services - Officeworks
E-print & pre-press services - Matrix Digital E: rob@matrixdigital.com.au
Design & printing service. Accessible throughout Australia - Worldwide Online Printing
A2 size photocopier transparencies - Meter Australia Pty Ltd
Film positives which may be used for photopolymer plate. Leapfrog Inkspot
Invitations - Minuteman Press
GENERAL
General art & printmaking supplies - Art Smart
General art & printmaking supplies - Art Scene
Acid free tissue paper - Dee Bee Bags, Australia
Acid free tissue paper - Koch & Co
Black silicon carbide or carborundum for collagraphs - Naxos Australia Pty Ltd
General art & printmaking supplies - Eckersley
Acid Free Tissue Paper, wholesale alfoil & paper products - Kent Papers Co. Pty Ltd Tel: (02) 9949 6666
Office Supplies - Office Force (Manstat) Tel: (02) 9938 2156 or 1300 365 678
Bubblewrap - 100 m rolls, 1m wide economically priced - Ace Packaging Tel: (02)9905 5858
Gallery tracks & hanging sets - Curtrax Pty Ltd
FRAMERS
Art Smart
Raymond's Framing Email link Tel: (02) 9439 1584
Pickwick Picture Framers Email link
Action Framing - Tel: (02)9981 5525.
ART COURIERS
EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE
Offering machinery repairs & general engineering - Boom Engineering
Etching press service - Hilldav Industries
Re-surfacing rollers & brayers + sales - Bottcher Australia Ltd