Ink Tour at Daniel Smith
Seattle Print Arts Member Tour
Recently, Seattle Print Arts members gathered at Daniel Smith for a fascinating tour of their ink manufacturing facility. We learned about the steps involved in blending dry pigments with burnt plate oil to create Daniel Smith's etching and lithography inks, as well as oils, acrylics and watercolors. There was machinery specifically designed to mix and grind the inks, but it is a real hands on operation; the etching inks are put into cans by hand! We all came away having a better appreciation of ink and with nice goodie bags of ink and paper samples. Seattle Print Arts looks forward to organizing more tours for members in the future.