Printing Inks for Fine Art Printmakers

Lots More Work to do - but we have made a start and updating as fast as we can ....!

Over the coming weeks we will be adding links to all the websites we like and think you will like too.

We hope you will find them inspirational and interesting as well as useful !

A LINK TO YOUR SITE ?

If you think your site might be of interest to us and fellow printmakers - please email us and tell us a little bit about you and your site or links you like.

PRINTS & PRINTMAKING

Print Studios & Workshops

• Edinburgh Printmakers
• East Lodon Printmakers
• Graphic Studios Dublin
• Lichtdruckt Kunst (Leipzig) - Collotype Studio in Leipzig, Germany
• GlobalPrintStudios.org - International Directory of Print Studios

Non Toxic Studios (please email your link if we have missed you out!)

• Greendoor Printmaking Studio (UK)
• Wharepuke Print Studio and Gallery (NZ)
• Pomegranate Letterpress & Design (Canada)

Print Councils & Organisations

• The American Print Alliance
• Southern Graphics Council
• Mid America Print Council
• The Society of Wood Engravers
• The Wood Engravers Network
• Print Australia
• Print Coucil of America
• The Fine Press Book Association (FPBA)

All About Printing

• Mechanical Printing - more animated examples of printmaking.
• What is a Print ? - lovely animated guide to printmaking from the Museum of Modern Art NY, USA
• Art of the Print - an information resource for printmakers
• The Arago Press - Artists Books
• The American Printing History Association
• World Printmakers - on line print gallery and so much more
• Collotype Printing - all you need to know about Collotype printing
• History of the Press
• British Letterpress
• Introduction to Letterpress Printing
• Museum of Printing Presses - just wonderful. Thank you Briar Press !
• Letterpressprinting.com.au
• The Printing Press Online - links to a whole host of resources on the history of books, printing and publishing
• St Bride's Library for printing and graphic arts. A wonderful resource to be cherished and explored.

Printmaking Research Centres

• The Centre for Fine Print Research
• Tamarind Institute

Recent Conferences and Events

• Southern Graphics Conference 2008
• Impact V
• Printfest 2008

Print Forums

• Baren Print Forum - Woodblock Printmaking forum
• MTSU Printmaking Links
• Wet Canvas- on line discussion forum for artists and printmakers
• The Briar Press- dedicated to the preservation of letterpress

Publications & Periodicals

• Printmaking Today
• Contemporary Impressions -twice yearly journal published by the American Print Alliance.
• Parenthesis - twice yearly journal of the FPBA

Galleries

• Agora Gallery

  Contemporary fine art gallery established 1984, located in Chelsea , New York art galleries district. The public is invited to the gallery art openings receptions. Sponsor of the Chelsea International Fine Art Competition and publisher of ARTisSpectrum magazine. Painters, sculptors and photographers are welcome to submit their portfolios for review.

  
  

• World Printmakers - on line print gallery and so much more
• UK Gallery and Museum Finder - a database connecting you to galleries, arts museums and arts centres acoss the UK

Art Directories

• The University Art Department & Printmaking Directory
• ArtsLinksList.com - Arts Directory
• Web-art-links - A Classified Directory of Society Web Links

Glossary/Terminology

• Dictionary of Printmaking terms
• Artlex Art Dictionary - Art Dictionary

INK & INK MAKING - work in progress !

Pigments & Oils

• Pigments: Historical Chemical and Artistic importance by John Rose
• Pigments: although strictly for water colour painters , Bruce Macevoy's Guide to Watercolour Paining contains a fascinatiing and detailed study of artist pigments that will be of interest to any of us working with colour.

History of Ink

• watch this space

Manufacture of Ink

• watch this space

Colour

• The Causes of Colourr- we love this site - packed full of fascinating facts about colour.
• The Colour Experience - another lovely site - Virtual Colour Museum is a a lively and interative exploration into the wonder, science and technology of colour.
• What is Colour ? - a useful link to some no frills resources on the subject of colour provided by Special Chem, a vast knowledge base on chemicals for industry.
• Vision and Colour by J. B. Calvert
• Why is the sky blue?

• Colour4free- a web resource for sharing resources and information concerning colour science.
• Bright Earth: The Invention of Colour- Phillip Ball's lecture to the Royal Society
• The World of Colour - an introduction to the basics