Mark Graver RE is an award-winning artist, printmaker, curator and educator based in New Zealand, where he founded Wharepuke Print Studio in 2005. Holding an MA in Printmaking from Camberwell College of Arts, London, he is internationally recognised for pioneering non-toxic and sustainable approaches to print. Author of Non-Toxic Printmaking (2011), his work is represented in major public collections worldwide.

An essential guide to contemporary intaglio printmaking, combining technical excellence with safer, sustainable studio practice.

• Introduction 1. Traditional, Safer, Non-Toxic? 2. Purpose of This Book 3. Introduction to Techniques and Materials 4. Safer Etching5. Etching Copper & Brass 6. Etching Aluminium, Zinc & Steel 7. Complete Etching Systems 8. Creative Processes 9. Papers, Etching Presses & Studio Equipment 10. Direct to Plate Techniques 11. Collagraphy 12. Photopolymer Printmaking 13. Digital and Photographic Processes 14. The Domestic Studio 15. ConclusionContributing Artists Bibliography Printmaking Workshops and Studios Image Permissions Contributing Suppliers EndnotesIndex Dedication, Acknowledgements and Author’s Note

Mark Graver RE is an award-winning artist, printmaker, curator and educator based in New Zealand, where he founded Wharepuke Print Studio in 2005. Holding an MA in Printmaking from Camberwell College of Arts, London, he is internationally recognised for pioneering non-toxic and sustainable approaches to print. Author of Non-Toxic Printmaking (2011), his work is represented in major public collections worldwide.

An essential guide to contemporary intaglio printmaking, combining technical excellence with safer, sustainable studio practice.

• Introduction 1. Traditional, Safer, Non-Toxic? 2. Purpose of This Book 3. Introduction to Techniques and Materials 4. Safer Etching5. Etching Copper & Brass 6. Etching Aluminium, Zinc & Steel 7. Complete Etching Systems 8. Creative Processes 9. Papers, Etching Presses & Studio Equipment 10. Direct to Plate Techniques 11. Collagraphy 12. Photopolymer Printmaking 13. Digital and Photographic Processes 14. The Domestic Studio 15. ConclusionContributing Artists Bibliography Printmaking Workshops and Studios Image Permissions Contributing Suppliers EndnotesIndex Dedication, Acknowledgements and Author’s Note

Mark Graver RE is an award-winning artist, printmaker, curator and educator based in New Zealand, where he founded Wharepuke Print Studio in 2005. Holding an MA in Printmaking from Camberwell College of Arts, London, he is internationally recognised for pioneering non-toxic and sustainable approaches to print. Author of Non-Toxic Printmaking (2011), his work is represented in major public collections worldwide.

An essential guide to contemporary intaglio printmaking, combining technical excellence with safer, sustainable studio practice.

• Introduction 1. Traditional, Safer, Non-Toxic? 2. Purpose of This Book 3. Introduction to Techniques and Materials 4. Safer Etching5. Etching Copper & Brass 6. Etching Aluminium, Zinc & Steel 7. Complete Etching Systems 8. Creative Processes 9. Papers, Etching Presses & Studio Equipment 10. Direct to Plate Techniques 11. Collagraphy 12. Photopolymer Printmaking 13. Digital and Photographic Processes 14. The Domestic Studio 15. ConclusionContributing Artists Bibliography Printmaking Workshops and Studios Image Permissions Contributing Suppliers EndnotesIndex Dedication, Acknowledgements and Author’s Note