These are the information sheets we include with our products. The size of each
file is listed after the name. If the files are too large for your computer to download,
we will be happy to mail you a hard copy. Call 800-832-4264 or email us with your
name and address and the name of the information sheet you need.
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Baren & Presses
Ball Bearing Baren Instructions - 44Kb
How to Replace the Cover on a Baren - 55Kb
Video: woodblock print artist Matt Brown recovers a Baren
How to Use a Baren - 45Kb
Murasaki Baren Care Instructions - 58Kb
Printing by PinPress - 71Kb
Blocks & Plates
Basic Instructions for Printing with Solarplates - 51Kb
Using an Aquatint Screen with Solarplates - 40Kb
Solarplate Light Box Instructions - 51Kb
How to Use a Registration Board - 126Kb
How to Use QuikWood - 45Kb
Preparing Cherry Blocks for Printing - 40Kb
Preparing Linocut Blocks for Printing - 38Kb
Resingrave Tips - 47Kb
Sealing Wood Blocks - 43Kb
Brushes
Care of Brushes - 52Kb
How to Make Tokibo - 69Kb
Maru Bake Hairsplitting Directions - 59Kb
Engraving
Resingrave Tips - 47Kb
Using a Crocker Sharpener - 1.4Mb
Ink
Akua Intaglio Ink Instructions - 50Kb
Akua Kolor Monotype Printmaking Instructions - 76Kb
Caligo Safe Wash Relief Inks, Product Information - .pdf, 1.1Mb
Gamblin Relief Ink Color Mixing Tips and Color Swatches - .pdf, 134Kb
Gamblin Dry Pigments - 87Kb
Gamsol Odorless Mineral Spirits, by Robert Gamblin - 65Kb
Gamsol and Other Solvents, Comparison Chart - 40Kb
Ink Comparison Chart - 224Kb
Nori (rice starch) paste tips - 36Kb
Recipe for Pure Rice Starch Paste and Using Rice Starch for Collage - 60Kb
Solvents and Studio Safety - 64Kb
Using Akua Inks on Wood Blocks - 56Kb
Paper
Dosa (Sizing) Paper - 227Kb
Paper Descriptions - 89Kb
Washi Information - 91Kb
Whetstones and Sharpening
How to Use a Leather Honing Block - 42Kb
Using a Crocker Sharpener - 1.4Mb
Using Japanese Waterstones - 77Kb
Using the Tosai Motor Sharpener - 437Kb
Woodblock Tools
How to Cut Down the Handles of Japanese Tools - 55Kb
How to Prevent Damaged or Broken Tools - 56Kb
How to Set the Hoops on Japanese Chisels - 94Kb
Replacing Blades in Futatsu Wari Tools - 42Kb
The Traditional Way to Hold Japanese Tools - 162Kb
The Traditional Way to Hold the Knife - 51Kb
Woodblock Tool Information - 62Kb
How to Modify the NT Stencil Cutter to Cut Wood or Linoleum - 47Kb
Instructions
Kento: Japanese Registration - 100Kb
How to Make a One-Color Print in the Japanese Style - 99Kb
Printmakers Registration System (Western style) by Maurice Fykes - 2.4Mb
or link to www.printmakersregistrationsystem-mfykes.blogspot.com
Using an Aquatint Screen with Solarplates - 40Kb
The Traditional Way to Hold Japanese Tools - 162Kb
How to Hand Print a Blended/Gradient Roll with Oil Based Ink (video)