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Carborundum Powder for making Collagraph Plates

Name: Carborundum Powder for making Collagraph Plates
SKU: 3267
Availability: InStock

£ 14.90 – £ 26.00

Carborundum Powder Fine, Medium or Coarse Grades

Carborundum Powder (silicon carbide) is used in Stone Lithography to help ground the stones down so they are perfectly flat ready to draw on. Carborundum is also used as a collagraph printmaking technique. Carborundum grit is applied either in a paste or sprinkled into glue onto the surface of a plate. When the paste is dry, ink is applied and trapped in its granular surface, then wiped from the bare areas of the plate. The ink plate is then printed onto paper using an etching printing press. The result is a print of painted marks embossed into the paper. Available in Fine, Medium and Coarse

500g – £14.90

1kg – £26.00