PENS, APPLICATORS, PARTS & ACCESSORIES
Table of Contents
* About Needle Tips
* About Needle Applicator Set
* About Adapter Caps
* About Introductory Applicator Set
* About Bellows-Bottle
* About Needle Washer Bottle
* About Akua Kolor Pens
* About Felt Tip Pen Sets
* Sponge Dobber Set
* Monotype Brush Set
*Dip Pen & Palette Set
* About Paper
* About the Pin Press
* About Monotype Plates
Needle Tips
The needle tip is ideal for drawing fine lines, similar to an etching, onto monotype plates and paper.
Interchangeable Tips for:
- Steel Angled Tips: Sturdy ½†tip
Angled tip for ease of drawing precise lines and detail.
Available in x fine, fine, med, wide, and x wide size tips - Plastic Straight Tips: Super flexible 1/2†tip
Use for ultra fine lines and detail.
Available in fine size tips. - Plastic Tapered Tip: Rigid 1 ¼â€
Great for bold lines and selected areas of color.
Available in med size tips.
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Needle Applicator Set
Ink sold separately
Needle applicators are ideal for drawing lines onto monotype plates. The small bellows bottle fits comfortably into the palm of your hand. Stainless steel flow-through needles will not clog and withstand repeated use.
The lines produced by the tips are similar to those from technical pens. Angled Tips, are rigid and angled at 45 degree angle for ease of drawing precise lines. The Plastic Flexible Tip creates the finest lines while the Plastic Tapered Cone Tip makes bold, wide lines. The Plastic Tapered Cone Tip is very tough and so it is fine for kids to use.
USE AKUA KOLOR IN NEEDLE APPLICATORS. Akua Intaglio is too thick.
Variety Needle Applicator Set Includes: 5 bellows-bottles, 5 stems, 5 caps, 3 steel angled tips, 1 plastic straight tip and 1 plastic tapered tip. (Ink sold separately)
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Adapter Caps
Needle tips (above) fit on the Pen (below) with the addition of an Adapter Cap.
Adapter Caps are sold separately in packs of three or included in some sets.
Pack of three
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Variety Needle Applicator Set
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Introductory Applicator Set
Inks sold separately
This set offers both Pen and Needle Applicator. It includes a Bellows Bottle with an Angled Tip (size varies), a Plastic Flexible Tip for ultra fine lines, an Adapter Cap so you can use the Needle Applicators on the Pen body, plus a Pen with three tips. (Ink sold seperately).
USE AKUA KOLOR IN NEEDLE APPLICATORS. Akua Intaglio is too thick.
Bellows-Bottle
The bellows bottle fits comfortably in the palm of the hand. Fill with Akua Kolor and use for drawing or fill with water and use to flush needle tips clean. Refillable Bellows holds 1 oz of liquid.
(Ink sold separately)
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Needle Washer Bottle
Use the Needle Washer Bottle to clean needle tips. To use, fill the Needle Washer Bottle with water, place tip on cap and flush the water through the tip. This squeezable plastic bottle holds 8 ounces of water and can be used for long periods of time with out changing the water
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Refillable pens hold up to 2 ounces of Akua Kolor and fills easily through the wide mouth. They will not leak, making them easy to carry, use, and store.
Pens come with felt tips. It is necessary to add an adapter cap to the Akua Pen body to use Needle Tips. If you have not used Akua Kolor pens and applicators before, the Introductory Applicator Set would be a great start. It includes both a Pen and Needle Applicator so you can see what each one does.
Felt Tips
Felt tips are used for drawing a variety of types of lines onto monotype plates and paper. The lid has a unique pump valve that allows the user to control the flow of the ink and helps prevent puddling of ink on the plate. Choose from three interchangeable felt tips that can easily be removed for cleaning and replacement.
Pencil
Chisel
Brush
Variety Pen Set Includes three pens with pencil, chisel, and brush felt tips
Deluxe Pen Set
Includes 9 pens and 18 felt tips: three pens with pencil felt tips,
three pens with chisel felt tips, three pens with brush felt tips
PLUS six each pencil, chisel, and brush felt tips
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SPONGE DOBBER SET (pack of 3 pens)
Fill these dobbers with with Akua Kolor for creating wide, rounded strokes or stenciling on monotype plates.
They have a soft, sponge, rounded tip.
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MONOTYPE BRUSH TOOL SET (set of 6, 2-sided tools)
Use the tool end for removing ink from the monotype plate (reductive monotype). Easily switch to the brush end for applying ink to the monotype plate (additive monotype). An assortment of 6 brush tools offer a variety of styles for mark making. Use with Akua Kolor or Akua Intaglio inks.
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DIP PEN & PALETTE SET
For creating monotypes and works on paper with Akua Kolor. Set Includes: Traditional calligraphy-type dip-pen with a range of six, fine to wide sized nibs. Rounded nibs will not scratch the surface of the plastic monotype plate. Palette has 10 wells and 3 mixing areas for pen or brushwork. Instructions for creating additive monotypes are included.
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PAPER
Arches 88 is mould made, 100% cotton paper that is acid free and buffered. The sheets are un-sized allowing for high ink absorption. Sheets have deckle edges and a watermark. The mill that makes this paper does not use chlorine bleaching. Ideal for printing monotypes with Akua Ink.
Hahnemuhle Monotype paper is highly recommended for printing monotypes with Akua Kolor and Akua Intaglio Water-based Inks. It is very slightly textured and lightly sized. Print dry with an etching press or dampen paper for hand printing with a PinPress.
Hahnemuhle Copperplate is 100% Alpha Cellulose. The sheets are only slightly sized allowing for good ink absorption. The paper has deckle edges and a watermark. Hahnemuhle Copperplate is an excellent paper for printing intaglio plates.
THE PINPRESS
This precisely machined aluminum hand printing press was designed specifically for monotype printmaking. Unlike the kitchen rolling pin, the PinPress has an extremely even surface which insures trouble-free printing. The crescent shaped handles offer proper hand positioning for printing with maximum pressure. The PinPress is quick and easy to use anywhere.
All metal construction with crescent shaped handles are flat on one side and hold the PinPress firmly on the table when not in use.
Available in 18.5″ length roller or 24.5″ length roller. Choose the size that will comfortably overlap the edges of the largest plate dimension you work with.
PLASTIC MONOTYPE PLATES
For best results use Polycarbonate or PETG plastic sheets. Acrylic (Plexiglas) is not recommended because it is brittle and cracks easily under the pressure of the press or if it is dropped. For best results, use thin plates such as (0.03) or (0.04). Thick plates will cause dry paper to wrinkle when going through the press. Thinner plates may be too flimsy and difficult to handle when printing.
• Polycarbonate
Tough and durable, polycarbonate is ideal for monotype, textures and applications requiring a lot of pressure or repeated use. Polycarbonate is virtually unbreakable.
• PETG is durable but softer than Polycarbonate. It is appropriate for monotype but if textured materials are placed on the surface when going through the press a slight impression will be embedded into the plastic making it no longer suitable monotype.
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