Akua Carborundum Gel with Wax Mediums

Susan Rostow, inventor of Akua printmaking inks demonstrates two new methods for using Akua Carborundum Gel™
RELIEF METHOD Mimicking Litho with Wax
Create “litho-like” impressions by drawing on a dry-coated Carborundum plate with black litho pencils, crayons, or china markers. Akua Release Agent is rolled on top of the drawing to release the drawing from plate to paper.
INTAGLIO METHOD
Mimicking Mezzotint with Wax
Create “mezzotint-like” impressions by drawing on a dry-coated Carborundum plate with wax crayons, candles, or white china markers. The coated Akua Carborundum Gel plate replaces the time-consuming method of rocking the plate and the wax replaces burnishing by smoothing out the rough surface.
Supplies used:
FOR COATING THE PLATE
Akua Printmaking Plate
Akua Carborundum Gel
Speedball Screen Printing Screen Mesh (110 Mesh Count)
Speedball Red Baron™ Squeegee
plastic tape
FOR RELIEF METHOD
litho pencils and crayons (soft # 2 to hard # 5 )
Black china marker
black pencil for paper, glass, plastic and metal
Akua Release Agent
Speedball Soft Rubber Brayer
Slightly Dampened Arnhem 1618™ Printmaking Paper
Drawing or photo (optional)
Light table (optional)
Etching Press
FOR INTAGLIO METHOD
white china marker
wax candles
bee’s wax blocks
Akua Wiping Fabric
Cotton swabs
Akua Intaglio® ink
Speedball Soft Rubber Brayer
Slightly Dampened Arnhem 1618™ Printmaking Paper
Drawing or photo (optional)
Take a Hands-on Workshop: Ongoing workshops using Akua Inks are held at Susan Rostow's Brooklyn Studio. For the Brooklyn Studio schedule, please visit: www.SusanRostow.com

[@irenedevore]

Great video! Everything is explained clearly and thoroughly. Can't wait to purchase the supplies for the relief method.

[@8433alice]

Your products and your lessons are just outstanding! Thanks ever so much!!

[@rafiqkatana]

I miss school. Not having to worry about anything in life and having the time to do art just because you want to.

[@RhinoArt1]

This is really interesting and very concise instructions. Thanks Susan

[@rodolfolarrea8493]

Susan is a modern DaVinci ... artist and scientist ... i am his fanboy ... i have seen every video a thousand times and more ...

[@Everywhere2]

Your work is exquisite.

[@MonkeeKitty]

Thank you for the video, super interesting.

[@genestirm7015]

Great video, I'm excided and interested in carborundum plate making, please do more videos. I would love to see carborundum printing with a pin press.

[@rothkopietri]

Thanks for this vídeo; it's a wonderfull thing to do prints with quality near to a real lithographic print, without the pain to prepare the lithographic Stone and all the rest of the complex process, included the Litho-press, it's a mayor words to any artist. Hope to see more videos like this, to show and experiment new ways to do prints in the schools where i teach graphics arts in Caracas Venezuela.

[@hondovortex2519]

Awesome, thanks!

[@MBKaae]

Truly inspiring. For the prints you have hanging on the wall, did you make the blue background print first - monotype style or how did you make them in color?

[@philipwinkley2566]

I live in the UK and have just started using carborundum gel just wonderful!

[@ImperatorMundi1]

How do you clean up the plate, that is remove dried carborundum gel from a plate? Is ts water or solvent soluble?

[@frankiewatt8162]

Absolutely love these informative videos by Susan! Questions: In the relief method is the first pencil used (before the litho pencil) a regular graphite one, and is the release agent rolled over the whole plate or just certain areas?

[@SarahBush]

Could you use the pin press for these techniques?

[@therestlessknitter4290]

Would a black chinagraph pencil work in place of a litho pencil for the relief print?

[@duckyprinting1337]

When I use the brayer to apply the release agent ,should use the soft brayer or a harder one?

[@michaelkirkby1707]

Thanks for the clear instruction. Would this work without a press? i.e by baren, or wooden spoon / hand roller?

[@Bobanderic]

This might be an odd question, but have Y'all tried this Carborundum Gel with a Gelli plate? I'm wondering if i can use it like a re-usable lithography stone

[@TrishMeyer99]

Is it possible to batch up coating plates, reusing the mesh a few times? Or do you need to start with a clean mesh for each plate?