Below is a list of organizations, resources and suppliers to help you get started. Joining an organization can be a great way to meet new people who share the same interests. These organizations will keep you informed of upcoming exhibitions, workshops and events. If you can’t find what you’re looking for at your local art supply store, try the Internet. It’s an amazing resource for finding supplies.
Baren Forum
This is an online forum for woodcut printmakers. If you can’t find the information you need in this book, this site is the next place to check.
The Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild
CBBAG ( pronounced “cabbage”) was founded in 1983. It publishes a quarterly newsletter and organizes exhibitions and workshops as well as having a fabulous website. www.cbbag.ca
Endgrain Editions
This press specializes in publishing books about wood engraving.
The Society of Wood Engravers
PO Box 355, Richmond, Surrey, UK TW10 6LE
Founded in 1920. It organizes exhibitions and offers educational information through its website. Its newsletter is published
six times a year. www.woodengravers.co.uk
Wood Engravers’ Network
It publishes a quarterly newsletter called Block & Burin.
The organization also has a forum for the exchange of prints, called
“The Bundle.” www.woodengravers.net
Websites about Prints and Printmaking
The American Print Alliance website features members’ work.
www.artshow.com/resources/printmaking.html
Art Show - Links to printmaking demonstrations.
www.sharecom.ca/phillips/technique.html
The Technique of the Color Woodcut by Walter J. Phillips. An online
version of this classic book.
This is my website featuring my wood engravings, artist’s books and links to other great sites.
This site features contemporary printmakers from around the world.
Suppliers
Aboveground Art Supplies
74 McCaul St., Toronto, ON. Canada M5T 2K1
www.abovegroundartsupplies.com
Stocks water-soluble ink, oil-based ink, tools, paper and brayers.
Baren Mall
http://barenforum.org/mall/howtoshop.html
This is a non profit service for woodcut artists who want to buy materials and equipment from Japanese suppliers who do not ship outside of Japan.
Chris Daunt
1 Monkridge Gardens, Dunston, Gateshead, England NE11 9XE
Makes and supplies fine end-grain wood engraving blocks.
Don Black Linecasting Ltd.
120 Midwest Rd. Unit 5, Scarborough, ON. Canada M1P 3B2
Sells presses, brayers, lead type, wood type and letterpress supplies.
Daniel Smith Inc.
Seattle, WA. United States 98124-5568
customer.service@danielsmith.com, www.danielsmith.com
Stocks a wide assortment of relief printmaking supplies and water-soluble oil-based ink.
E.C. Lyons Company
3646 White Plains Rd., Bronx, NY. United States 10467
Sells wood-engraving tools.
Exotic Woods Inc.
2483 Industrial St., Burlington, ON. Canada L7P 1A6
Sells wood: boxwood, maple and exotics.
Graphic Chemical and Ink Company
728 North Yale Avenue, P.O. Box 27, Villa Park, IL. United States 60181
http://www.graphicchemical.com
Has a large selection of printmaking supplies.
Hiromi Paper International
2525 Michigan Ave., Beramot Station G9, Santa Monica, CA.
United States 90404
Stocks a large selection of washi paper.
The Japanese Paper Place
77 Brock Ave., Toronto, ON. Canada M6K 2L3
The best source for printing papers, paste, barens and brushes
for Japanese block printing.
John Purcell Paper
15 Rumsey Road, London, England SE1 1SG
Stocks printmaking papers.
Lee Valley Tools Ltd.
Stocks a large selection of woodcut tools.
McClain’s Printmaking Supplies
15685 SW 116th Ave., PMB 202, King City, OR. United States 97224-2695
Stocks a wide range of printmaking supplies.
Renaissance Graphic Arts, Inc.
69 Steamwhistle Drive, Ivyland PA. United States 18974
Has a large selection of printmaking supplies.
Righteous Woods
Yankee Pine Corporation, 288 Newburyport Turnpike (RTE 1),
Rowley, MA. United States 01969
Sells boxwood logs and exotic woods.
Saint-Armand Paper Mill
3700, rue Saint-Patrick, Montreal, QC. Canada P4E 1A2
Sells handmade paper.
T.N. Lawrence and Son Ltd.
208 Portland Road, Hove, United Kingdom BN3 5QT
Fortunately, the oldest supplier is still in business. T.N. Lawrence
and Son Ltd. have been supplying boxwood since 1859.