After a long search for a vehicle that would work for our water soluble inks, we have succeeded. The out-cry over the loss was understandable. Not only were the inks wonderful for Relief printing but customers were using them for other applications. The red w/s ink was popular as a ground. The following comment was taken from Inkteraction, an international printmaking network.
"I use crimson red w/b relief ink, graphic chemical. It is really great. You can do both soft and hard ground in one application! The ink is rolled on and while wet used as a soft ground, just like you would with traditional soft-ground. Then we heat it on the hotplate (or air dry) and when it is dry it is a hardground. If your just doing soft ground, let it dry before etching. It holds up pretty well, Id say about as well as the traditional ball grounds. The best part of it is that one of my students discovered that it can be removed with baking soda! A little scrubbing is needed but it takes it off. Pretty cool I think. Since it is water-based you can get some really interesting textures by dripping water and or alcohol on the wet ground and letting it dry also (I have achived toner and tushe wash effect this way)."
We appreciate hearing from artists that use printmaking products. Not only is it important to know how they perform in the intended use, but also when used in other ways. Experimentation sometimes yields some great results.
We hope you'll try the newly formulated inks - the initial response is great. For those of you using them as a ground or in another way, please give us some feedback. We'd love to know if they work as well for you as the previous formulation.
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