Printmaking Paper
Shop our wide range of printmaking papers for all techniques, from relief and lino to etching, monotype printing, and more.
Our selection has been carefully curated from the world's leading papermakers, ensuring you have the best paper for printmaking, whatever your project or budget. Japanese printmaking paper, called Washi, is strong and very thin. It is well-suited to hand burnishing techniques because it’s easy to manipulate in the hand for positioning, and doesn’t require much pressure when taking a print. Western papers such as Stonehenge and Fabriano Rosaspina are thicker and well-suited to printing with a press.
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Printmaking papers come in many guises and there a no hard and fast rules as to what you should be using. The paper that you choose will be integral to your work and affect the finished print, so even proofing should be done on the final printing paper, as opposed to a budget alternative.
As a guideline, though you might want to consider how you are printing, choose lighter-weight papers for hand burnishing and heavy-weight papers for printing on a large press. The individual product descriptions will help to guide your choice.