Non-toxic Printmaking

Master printmaker Mark Graver makes the case for utilizing non-toxic materials for his craft and establishing more healthy environments in the workshop. The book features various technical factors (both materials and equipment) to take into account when etching with acrylic resists, making aquatints, etching in general, using drypoint, engraving, making mezzotints and collagraphs and using photopolymers as well as combining various printmaking techniques.

Mark Graver is a professional artist and qualified art teacher living and working in New Zealand. He has an MA in Printmaking from Camberwell College of Arts, London and exhibits his work internationally. He runs the Wharepuke Print Studio, where he offers non-toxic printmaking courses to beginners and professional artists.