Our mission is to give relief printmakers the support they need to reach their printmaking goals. McClain s gathers the supplies woodcut, linocut, engraving, and monotype printmakers need from around the world. We continue to select merchandise of the highest quality from the most reputable Japanese manufacturers and dealers, many of whom practice crafts that have been handed down in their families for centuries. Best wishes to you from all of us at McClain's! Andrew, Ally, Josh, Alex and Daniel McClain's Printmaking Supplies Dedicated to the Art and Artists of Relief Printmaking For thirty eight years McClain s has imported tools and relief printmaking materials from Japan for artists and students.
Bring out your sketch book, create an image that pleases you, transfer it to a block and get those chips flying. I hope the challenges of this coming year inspire you to make art in a form that you enjoy, which gives you a way to share your ideas and thoughts with others. If you are interested in hiring Daniel s sharpening services, you can contact him at or call I can tell you from personal experience that he does first-rate work. It was a great experience for Daniel, and he is eager to share that knowledge. He demonstrated sharpening techniques and how each tool can be shaped for a particular purpose. Watanabe grew up in his father s Chõchin (paper lantern) shop where every element of the Chõchin, from paper, bamboo frame, to hand carved bases were made. Watanabe in Japan where he got some firsthand pointers on sharpening. Last spring he visited master craftsman Mr. Daniel Jasa s sharpening business is up and running! Daniel continues to give demonstrations at local art colleges and teaches regular sharpening workshops. We will be at the Vendor Fair, so please do come by, say "hi!"and grab a handful of M&M's (wasn't it nice of Mars Inc. The Conference runs from March 15 th through the 18 th. Atlanta, Georgia is the location of this year's SGCI Conference, the biggest printmaking get-together in the country. Thank you so much for your support, it means so much to everyone who works at McClain's. The date on it is July That means McClain's has now been in business for thirty eight years! And it is all thanks to you. Ken McClain gave us boxes of materials he had found relating to his father's business and in one box was a typewritten price sheet, with hand-drawn pictures of tools, sharpening stones, baren, brushes, blocks and paper. To print, the artist uses a baren, a flat, hand-held disk that is wrapped in a bamboo sheeth, to press the pigment into the paper.2 Dear Friends, I've always wondered what year Bob McClain started selling moku hanga and woodblock printmaking supplies in the U.S.
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A sheet of sized and dampened paper is then placed on the block proper alignment is insured by two registration marks that are carved into each block at the same place. Pigment dispersed in a water and rice paste are placed on the block and smoothed across the surface with a brush that looks similar to a shoe brush. Areas that are not to be printed are cut away, leaving a raised surface, as in the principle of a stamp. Initially, the artist carves a block of wood for each color to be printed. To move from the inspiration of the sketch to the mechanics of the print requires thoughtful organization of color and space. The process, however, is labor intensive for the artist, who must undertake the roles of designer, carver, and printer. Wood, water, paper, pigment, paste, and simple carving and rubbing implements are all that is needed to make a print. Japanese woodblock printmaking, moku (wood) hanga (print), is distinguished from other printmaking techniques by the simplicity of material involved in its creation.
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