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Home printmaking projects: eight ideas and source choices
Home printmaking projects built around eight source-based ideas, with practical notes on choosing images and understanding copyright questions.
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Process Desk
Linocut, screen, monoprint and cyanotype, step by step.
Reviews
Organizing home printmaking projects
Organize home printmaking projects by keeping the matrix, negatives, proofs, records, and marked archive copy together, then label and review the box.
Guides
Home printmaking projects: when to switch how you learn
Home printmaking projects: when to move on from workshops to fixed projects, books and study, with named public image collections and copyright basics.
Reviews
A no-marketing buying guide to home printmaking kits and courses
A bench-first guide to named relief, cyanotype and screen kits, what each one actually contains, and how to judge a printmaking course before you pay.
Guides
Documenting a home printmaking project from first cut to finish
Building a project record that other people can follow: process sequences, in-progress frames, a project page structure and the notice to put on published images.
Industry
4 points worth checking on home printmaking projects
Four checks that decide whether a home printmaking project holds up: time split, fault clustering, material shelf life and the rights on every source image.
Reviews
Printmaking inks and paper: how to judge labels and sizing
Printmaking inks and paper: learn how to judge sizing with a water drop test, test sample packs properly, and tell defined label words from marketing.
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4 parts of printmaking inks and paper, explained
A review framework for printmaking inks and papers: which specifications actually differ, what the labels are required to tell you, and what to test yourself.
Maintenance
Mistakes before joining independent print studios
Before you join independent print studios, avoid the common mistakes: assuming a sale transfers rights, misnaming authors, and moving your practice at once.
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How to choose materials for independent print studios
How independent print studios standardize inks, papers and cleanup, read the labeling rules that carry legal weight, and check used furniture for lead paint.
Guides
How cyanotype exposure times change across Canadian winters by province
Cyanotype exposure in Canadian winters shifts by province, from Vancouver rain to Prairie glare, with UV figures, snow multipliers and a table.
Guides
Canadian print-shipping: customs, labels, and tax
Canadian print-shipping basics: classification, textile labels, GST/HST, and paperwork. This is not a full US Canada apparel customs labeling tax guide.
Industry
Independent print studios: what to settle before you sign
Before you sign, join or take a commission at independent print studios: who owns the work, the admin hours, membership terms and renewal deadlines.
Industry
A quarterly watchlist of six items for member run print studios
Six watchlist items for member run print studios, covering waste, insurance, premises, shared equipment, membership economics and rights policy, and review dates.
Guides
Anthotype Process with Spinach Juice: Sun-Printed Photographs
The anthotype process with spinach juice uses fresh leaves and summer sun to make plant-based photographs, with exposure times and USD costs for US makers.
Guides
Gelatin Plate Monoprint Recipe: A Reusable Printmaking Surface
A gelatin plate monoprint recipe in cup measures, using Knox from US grocery stores, with a press-free method and a reusable surface that lasts weeks.
Guides
Linocut Reduction Prints, Step by Step: Many Colors from a Single Block
Linocut reduction print step by step: carve one block down through each color, register without a press, and know when a pass is dry enough to overprint.
Features
Six studio projects for printmaking mistakes and filing
Six bench projects that turn printmaking mistakes into filed studio references. Five are printmaking, one is alternative photography. File by format first.
Guides
How to Screen Print at Home with a Vinyl Stencil
Vinyl stencil screen printing at home needs one screen, a sheet of Oracal and careful burnishing. Here is the step order, the edge test and the fix when ink creeps.
Guides
How to Wash Cyanotype on Fabric Without Fading the Blue
How to wash cyanotype on fabric without stripping the blue: cool water, pH-neutral detergent, a distilled rinse and a peroxide soak for a faded first wash.
Reviews
Printmaking mistakes: what to keep, isolate, and discard
Printmaking mistakes leave rejects and contaminated materials. Learn what to keep, what to isolate, how to handle spent solvents, and when to discard.
Reviews
Printmaking mistakes worth avoiding early
Fault-finding tools compared for first-time buyers: loupes, raking lamps, step wedges, moisture meters and pH pens compared for diagnosing print faults.
Guides
Lighting and filing printmaking mistakes for an honest fault archive
How to photograph and document printmaking faults: lighting, framing and filing for a fault archive, plus how to present a failed print honestly in teaching.
Maintenance
Why do printmaking mistakes keep happening, and how do you find the cause?
What causes printmaking mistakes, and why it keeps happening: a working taxonomy of print faults, a diagnostic order that finds the cause quickly.
Industry
What to look for in a cyanotype process class
Use this cyanotype process class checklist to verify chemistry, safety data, wastewater rules, handouts, reference prints, and course format before booking.
Guides
How to run the cyanotype process safely inside a one-sink flat
A cyanotype process for a one-sink flat: coat, dry, expose and wash with chemical, PPE, ventilation, spill and disposal precautions.
Costs
Does a finished cyanotype print really cost what you think?
A finished cyanotype print carries paper, film, chemistry, failures and framing. Here is where the money goes and when a reproduction is cheaper.
Reviews
Sequence your cyanotype purchases so the essentials come first
The buying order for a first cyanotype setup, why premixed chemistry beats raw powders at the start, and the equipment not to buy at any stage.
Industry
Cyanotype process: negatives, toning and limited editions
A practical cyanotype process guide: making digital negatives, toning with tannins, and signing and numbering a limited edition, with the U.S. copyright rules.
Guides
The cyanotype process: chemistry and safety rules
How the cyanotype process works: the iron chemistry that makes the blue, and the safety and waste rules that actually apply in a home studio.
Reviews
Work surfaces compared for a beginner printing press setup
Choosing and arranging the surfaces around a press: the stand it sits on, the feed and receive tables, and the clean bench a damp sheet needs.
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Printmaking workspace surfaces: solvent resistance versus flatness
Best work surfaces for a printmaking workspace: comparing bench tops for a print room on solvent resistance, flatness, repairability and cost.
Guides
Home Printmaking Guide: Which Processes Fit a Home Studio
Relief printing and cyanotype fit an ordinary home; etching, dichromate processes and sprays need a ventilated shop. Read the safety data sheet first.
Reviews
Home printmaking, tested against experience
Gouges, brayers, barens and bench hooks compared on the details that matter to a first-time buyer, with the marketing claims that mean nothing.
Industry
5 lessons worth learning about linocut project ideas
How independent relief printmakers choose projects, build a recognizable body of work, and handle the naming and rights questions that come with selling.
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Printing press materials: blankets, plates and paper explained
How to choose materials: choosing blankets, packing, plates and papers for a studio press, plus the lead and solvent hazards that arrive with secondhand letterpress.
Reviews
Sealing, shelving and containment: choosing printmaking workspace materials
How to choose: choosing floor seals, shelving, containment and consumables for a print room, plus how to read waste rules and green marketing claims accurately.
Guides
Home printmaking documentation: photographing, mounting, captioning and numbering an edition
A copy photography setup for prints made at home, plus how to hinge, mat, caption and number an edition so the record outlives the print itself.
Guides
Photographing printmaking supplies for listings and inventory
Photograph printmaking supplies for inventory and sale listings with repeatable lighting, labeled swatches, honest condition shots, and organized files.
Costs
Pricing linocut prints: cost per copy and how to read supply bundles
A 20 print linocut edition priced line by line, with materials per copy, burn rate tracking in grams and sheets, and a price test for supply bundles and free gifts.
Reviews
Home printmaking: storing materials and prints
Home printmaking storage: caring for paper, enclosures, ink, blocks, tools, solvents, and finished prints in a household studio.
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Printmaking Supplies: Date Labels and Stock Rotation
A practical routine for printmaking supplies: mark received and opened dates, rotate older stock forward, store film flat, and keep spent baths separate.
Industry
Judging a linocut class: where project ideas fit
A checklist for a linocut class or open-access studio: induction, safety, waste handling, tutor questions, and where your linocut project ideas fit.
Reviews
Scales versus timers: printmaking measuring tools compared
Scales and timers compared for printmaking: which named models suit first-time buyers, what each measures, and where the money is best spent.
Industry
Layout lessons: what a printmaking workspace looks like after year one
The changes experienced printmakers say they made after their first year in a room, from waste routines to the shelf they wish they had never built.
Maintenance
Printmaking workspaces: power, paper and water
Printmaking workspaces are easier to use when power stays out of wet zones, paper stays off cold walls, and a water-damage plan is ready.
Features
Six printmaking exercises that each test one variable at home
Six one-variable exercises for home printmaking, each changing one thing at a time, with a recording method and a schedule for repeating them.
Features
Six short projects that build one printmaking skill at a time
Six short projects that each build one material handling skill, from mixing to a target color to sizing paper and degreasing a screen properly.
Features
The linocut shortlist: projects worth cutting before you buy more gear
Eleven linocut projects chosen because each one teaches a different thing, from reduction color to repeat pattern, bound zines and exchange prints.
Costs
An honest review of printmaking supplies
An honest review of printmaking supplies covers named relief, screen and cyanotype materials, what each is for, and where the money goes in a working studio.
Reviews
Get the linocut buying order right before your first cut in 2027
A buying order for relief printing, what a starter kit leaves out, and how to read sale pricing and tool condition claims without overpaying.