Akua

Use Akua Blending Medium to thin the ink for brushwork, wash effects or use as a resist for viscosity monotype. For use with Akua Liquid Pigments or Akua Intaglio inks. This clear liquid cleans up with water.

This ready-to-use platemaking gel delivers fine, sharp detail and a uniquely textured surface that yields rich, velvety areas of color. Use this consistent, reliable Akua Carborundum Gel Medium to create collagraph printmaking plates.

Use Akua Extender to thin Akua Liquid Pigments only (not recommended for Akua Intaglio inks). Medium amber in color, Extender has a liquid consistency and cleans up easily with water.

Bringing Speedball's Gel Printing Plate with the Akua line of professional printmaking inks, these Akua Gel Printing Kits feature everything that's needed to add a new dimension to media, card making, journaling, scrapbooking, home décor, and much more.

Akua Intaglio soy-based permanent inks are a non-toxic, environmentally safe way to do printmaking. Formatted for intaglio, they can also be applied with a brayer for relief, monotype, and collagraph printmaking techniques.

Akua Intaglio Mag Mix adds depth and thickens Akua Intaglio ink. Clear/white in color with a very stiff consistency, it cleans up with liquid dish soap followed by water.

Akua Intaglio Release Agent is a multi-purpose product for use with Akua Liquid Pigments and Akua Intaglio Inks. Use it to print a second lighter version of your first print, create high shine with Akua metallic inks, or ease the release from plate to paper when printing with a Pin Press.

Akua Intaglio Transparent Base is Akua Intaglio ink without the pigment. It can be used with both Akua Liquid Pigments and Akua Intaglio inks. Adding Akua Liquid Pigments to Transparent Base will thicken the Liquid Pigments and create new intaglio or relief colors.

These rich, water-based inks work great for all types of monotype techniques. The unique slow-drying formula allows plenty of time to create an image on the plate. Because Akua stays wet on the plate, there's no need to soak paper before printing.

An economical, portable press designed for light pressure printing processes such as monotype, drypoint and collagraph, the Akua Pin Press features a 20" long roller for printing 20" wide images in any studio, classroom, or home.

Akua Printmaking Plates are made of .030 PETG transparent plastic. Perfect for inversion printing, the plates are durable, softer than polycarbonate with a non-porous surface, and perfect for inversion printing. Ideal for monotype, carborundum, collagraph, drypoint, and ImagOn photopolymer film.

Akua Retarder serves two purposes: it acts as a release agent for printing on dry paper and retards the Akua Liquid Pigments from drying on the monotype plate, therefore extending the working time. Use with Akua Liquid Pigments only (not necessary with Akua Intaglio inks).

An introduction to Akua's highly pigmented, professional-quality inks, this starter set includes Akua Intaglio Inks, Akua Liquid Pigment Ink, Akua Modifiers, and an instruction guide.

This Akua Tack Thickener is used with Akua Liquid Pigments to thickens and deepen colors. It can be used for creating denser Akua Liquid Pigment roll-ups onto monotype plates. It has a thick consistency, medium amber color, and cleans up with soapy water.

Akua Wiping Fabric is ideal for wiping excess ink from the surface of an intaglio plate. Made from sturdy polyester fabric, it’s long-lasting and lint-free.