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Safer Printmaking

• Grafisk Eksperimentarium - Henrik Bøegh's website for research, books and products that includes Non-Toxic intaglio workshops in Spain 
• Green Art: A Guide for Artists Interested in Ecology and the Environment – Cedric Green’s site
• Making Art Safely – print shop in New Mexico
• MSDS - Material Safety Data Sheet
• New Directions in Printmaking – Nik Semenoff's website journal devoted to safer and environmentally friendly printmaking processes  
• Nontoxicprint - safer print making research site
• Non-Toxic Printmaking New Zealand - The website for Mark Graver's (author of Non-Toxic Printmaking) studio in New Zealand, with several helpful links and resources--most of which can also be found at nontoxicprint.com
• Zea Mays Printmaking Research Projects - Zea Mays is committed to bringing printmaking safely into the 21st century through research, education and collaboration.  At Zea Mays, artists and printers research new developments in alternatives to toxic printmaking, test products and methods, and strive to demonstrate the greatest aesthetic potential of each new medium. Zea Mays also has an extensive library of material on safer printmaking, and a monthly newsletter.​

Online Resources & Organizations

• Akimbo - Toronto based online source for visual art information
• Artrubicon - Alberta based online source for visual art information
• Briar Press - Community dedicated to letterpress
• British Letterpress - Guides and information about letterpresses
• Emerging Artist Guide - from Spark Box Printmaking Studios
• Environmental Working Group – Information about cleaning supplies​
• Green Art Printmaking - A bit of a "who's who" in the safer printmaking world, with links to "green" print shops and resources.
• Superior Etching Grounds - An utterly invaluable resource for the latest developments in grounds, aquatints, stop outs, etc.   
• Southern Graphics Council – international printmaking organization 

Blogs and articles on safer screenprinting

• Friendly Screen Printing
• Silkscreen Printing 

• AKUA DVD-SAF Safer Printmaking - Rostow & Jung 
• Handbook of Non-Toxic Intaglio - Henrik Bøegh
• Non-Toxic Intaglio Printmaking - Keith Howard 
• Printmaking Handbook: Non-toxic Printmaking - Mark Graver 
• Printmaking Handbook: Water Based Screenprinting - Steve Hoskins 
• Printmaking in the Sun - Dan Welden & Co-Author Pauline Muir 
• Printmaking Revolution - Dwight Pogue
• Printmaking with Photo Polymer Plates - Dianne Longley 
• The Green Art School - Susan Groce
• The Green Print Studio - Liz Chalfin
• Water Based Screen Printing Today - Roni Henning 

Canada

Producers and Suppliers

• Akua Inks – great waterbased inks
• Anderson & Vreeland – photopolymer plates
• BIG Etching Ground – great new hard and soft ground
• Carr McLean - Canadian supplier of Rollataq
• CG Metal - For copper and etching tools
• Daige - Rollataq manufacturer and supplier
• Don Black - Letterpress supplies
• E.C. Lyons Company – printmaking and engraving tools
• EstiChem - Lithography supplies
• Fuji Hunt - For 48°Be ferric chloride
• Griso-Chemie AG - Eco-friendly printmaking cleaning supplies
• Hampton Editions, Ltd. - NY, USA
• Hawthorn Printmaker - Non-toxic Linseed Ink Suppliers 
  
• McClain’s Printmaking Supplies – Printmaking relief supplies
• Paper Connection - For washi paper and relief materials
• Polymetaal Site - Printmaking equipment and supplies
• Renaissance Graphic Arts – all kinds of printmaking supplies
• Takach Press – the best presses from Albuquerque and the US source for BIG etching ground.
• Curry's Artist's Materials - Printmaking Supplies and Equipment 
• ​Opus Art Supplies - Intaglio and Lithography Inks

Intaglio Suppliers

• Solarplate
• Toyobo
• Laird Plastics (Plexiglass, Petg, PVC)
• Z*Acryl
• PurEtch​

Screen Printing Suppliers

• Franmar
• FH&Sons
• The Screen Print Store

Baldwin, Andrew: atb@aber.ac.uk

• Developed Baldwin's Ink Ground.  Very happy to help with technical questions regarding his ground.

Bøegh, Henrik: mail@artbag.dk

• Since 1995, Henrik Bøegh is a D​anish printmaker who has taken active part in the development of safer printmaking techniques and equipment for Non-Toxic Intaglio

Chaflin, Liz: liz@zeamaysprintmaking.com

• Liz heads Zea Mays print shop, one of the most conscientious shops in terms of non-toxic printing.

Ferstman, Gerald: gfers2@uky.edu

• Developed "new blue" ground. Has worked with Mark Graver on more reliable ink ground.

Morrison, Holly: hjmorrison@vcu.edu

• author of Intaglio - A Studio Manual ​for the Painting & Printmaking department of  Virginia Commonwealth University 

Graver, Mark: info@nontoxic-printmaking.co.nz

• Non-toxic intaglio expert, with a shop in New Zealand.

Kiekeben, Freidhard: fkiekeben@yahoo.com

• The man behind nontoxicprint.com 

Pogue, Dwight: dpogue@smith.edu

• Came out with a line of non-toxic products (D&S). Teaches at Smith in Western Mass.

Rushton, Barry: hpsupplies@tiscali.co.uk

• Developed Hawthorn linseed-oil based inks.

Sacca, Elizabeth: ejsacca@gmail.com

• Heading the intiative at CIEM print shop in Mirabel, Quebec to transfer the shop entirely to non-toxic printing.

Semenoff, Nik: nik.semenoff@usask.ca

• A founder of alternative printing techniques

Tamasauskas, Otis: ockt@queensu.ca

• Teaches at Queens University, Kingston, Ontario and is a huge proponent both of waterless lithography (solvent free) and a solvent/odor free stone lithography method.

Welden, Dan: dan@solarplate.com

• Author of Printmaking in the Sun and printmaking veteran based in Sag Harbor, NY, USA