Akua Intaglio Water-Based Ink, 2-Ounce Jar, Bone Black

We got this for my son who likes to compete in a printmaking category for school. Last year, he used regular water based ink and kept having problems with it drying too fast to do a good job. This stuff was great! It doesn't dry right away which gave him plenty of time to be careful and even roll out multiple colors on his matrix before making the actual print. The only caution is that it stays 'powdery' after drying so it's a good idea to spray it with a fixative to avoid smudging.

I haven't received this yet, but as long as the package comes, I've used this ink in printmaking class, and it works so well. It can be very messy, but as is most art.

Professional art materials for art submissions. Easy to wash off hands. Water soluble.

Works perfectly, nice black DARK pigments. Mix before using and your prints will come out great, but you gotta work fast. I successfully used this ink with damp papers, intaglio method, despite the ink being water based. Cleans off slabs well with regular cleaning products

I'm looking forward to the ease of clean up with this printing ink. It came highly recommended by my fellow printing, artist friends. Perfect for dry point, etching & collagraphs printing.

The product works great but what a mess it creates!

I like to do monotypes and these are superb as they are slow drying acrylic based pigments. they don't dry up quickly like acrylic paint allowing time to work them for an extended amount of time. they stay fluid so i can keep working on them until im ready to transfer the worked art to paper.

Great product in terrible packaging . Several of my ink orders leaked their color in transit. examining the individual items I found the inner sealing flap had lifted as if someone had opened them. And the top was not turned to a tight position. Akua/Speedball need to look at their packaging for these products.

Too loose to intaglio

The inks are no doubt good. Akua intaglio inks are so user-friendly. Being water soluble, they wash off rollers and surfaces very easily. But I would definitely not buy again from this seller. Delivery was extremely delayed, which may have been and when the package arrived, the container was squashed and the ink had leaked all over into the inside of the packaging.

First package came with a leak due to minimal packaging. I complained and the company responded with a great result.I am happy with the product as i like the ink being an alternative to oil based inks and less messy clean ups. Love the prints I can produce with tetra packs. Love a company that takes responsibility.

Excellent ink for intaglio printing..

Benutze ich schon 2 Jahre für Kaltnadel.. bin sehr zufrieden damit...und endlich kriegt man die Finger sauber..