Cranfield Heavy Copper Plate Oil Carving Block velvety areas of colour

velvety areas of colour

Heat setting is essential for a colourfast finish

and rubbings

A2 (mesh size 50cm x 70cm)

75ml tubes available in 49 colours

Cranfield Heavy Copper Plate Oil Carving Block velvety areas of colourPlate oils, sometimes referred to as copperplate oil, burnt plate oil or litho varnish in lithography, are the main ingredient in all printmaking inks besides pigments. Derived from linseed oils, processing has become less hazardous over the centuries, and it is no longer set on fire in vast vats (hence the name burnt plate oil) but rather heat polymerised to create stand oils of varying viscosities to suit the inks end use. There are different