The word "intaglio" describes prints created from plates where the ink-bearing regions are recessed beneath the plate's surface. Though brass, zinc, and other materials are occasionally utilized, copper is the most common material for the plates.

Akua Intaglio Inks deliver brilliant colors, intense blacks and unmatched working properties. They dry through absorption-they will not dry on the printmaking plate-and clean up easily with soap and water.

Etching and intaglio inks are specially formulated for intaglio and etching printmaking techniques. The most important part of these types of inks is that they are able to stay in the grooves of the etching and not rub off with the excess ink on the plate.

Akua Intaglio Inks only dry through absorption-they will not dry on the printing plate-and clean up easily with soap and water. These inks are ideal for Intaglio/Etching, Monotype, Gel and Collagraph printmaking and can be used with Akua Liquid Pigment and select Akua Modifiers.

Intaglio Printmaker stocks an unparalleled range of printmaking materials sourced worldwide, and continually researches and provides new products to the printmaking world.

Akua Intaglio soy-based permanent inks are a non-toxic, environmentally safe way to do printmaking. Formatted for intaglio, they can also be applied with a brayer for relief, monotype, and collagraph printmaking techniques.

There are five main intaglio processes: engraving, etching, drypoint, aquatint and mezzotint. Each creates prints with a distinct look and feel. Read more!

Get the Akua® Intaglio® Ink, 8oz. at Michaels. This Akua Ink removes time constraints from the creative process since the inks will only dry once printed into the fibers of the paper.

Use Akua Intaglio Inks for printmaking techniques such as monotype, relief, collagraph, and intaglio. Prints can be re-soaked immediately after printing, however, once the print is dried, Akua Intaglio is permanent. With Akua Intaglio Inks, artists …