MADE by PRINTMAKERS for PRINTMAKERS

 

Akua pronounced A-Koo-a,means
“Spirit”and “Honor the Land” in Hawaiian.

 

Printmakers, Susan Rostow & William Jung are the formulators of Akua-Kolor and Akua-Intaglio Water-based Inks. Rostow & Jung were motivated to create safe, water-based inks when they decided to bring a baby into their marriage and their New York city live-in studio. Read more about how Rostow & Jung made Akua inks in articles, Formulating Safer Inks by Susan Rostow & William Jung and Establishing a Baby Safe Studio by Julia Ayres.

Rostow and Jung are active New York City artists and educators. They have exhibited their artwork throughout the United States, Europe and Japan. Their works are included in numerous collections including the Library of Congress, National Print Archives. Susan Rostow received a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award and William Jung is the recipient of the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship.