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Speedball works to deliver superior quality products to the artists it serves, and fosters an environment that allows its employees to cultivate the best for themselves-both inside and outside of Speedball’s doors. This employee-centric atmosphere attracts just the kind of people you’d want to have creating materials for you—those who are devoted to doing their best each and every day. The team here has many employees that have dedicated most, if not all, of their careers to mastering their crafts at Speedball, only adding to the consistently top-quality materials and service they’re able to offer you.
McClain’s Printmaking Supplies, who’ve been dedicated to the Art and Artists of Relief Printmaking since 1979. The small specialist team in the Pacific Northwest is the leading supplier of Japanese relief tools for printmakers in the US and abroad whose primary purpose is to help you find the materials and support you need to reach your printmaking goals. Our editor, Timothy Pauszek’s two favorite tools are his Fatatsu Wari Sankaku To 3mm v-gouge and his Josei Maru To 1mm u-gouge from McClain’s, but you don’t have to take our word for it because these tools speak for themselves.
There would be no Hello, Print Friend without you, our global community! Every Patreon sponsor helps keep the lights on here at our headquarters. You are the wind beneath our wings. We have levels starting at just a dollar a month which give you perks like, access to exclusive content, personal serenades, on-air shout outs, stickers, prints, and mugs. Most importantly though, it’s a wonderful way to help to keep a free resource dedicated to contemporary printmaking available for years to come.
Making paper is an art. We represent centuries of tradition and mastery in fine art papers. Since our 1994 inception, we have traveled the globe searching for the finest papers from the finest manufacturers. To date, we offer more than three thousand existing papers from sixteen countries but our quest continues. Collaborating with some of the most legendary artists and renowned mills, we are known as the world's most relentless innovator in the art of papermaking. We constantly aim to be ahead of the curve. We listen to your needs and seek out new ways for you to enhance your work. We add value to creative work. We put vision into paper. We are paper.