Contract Printing and Editioning
Zea Mays Printmaking provides hand-pulled editioning services to Artists and Publishers of fine art prints. We also offer plate production for artists who wish to make their own editions.
Our contract printing and editioning services are unique in that we cater to artists and publishers who are interested in creating prints in ways that are non-toxic for the printers and the environment while maintaining the highest aesthetic standards.
Services
Photopolymer Intaglio: including etched copper photoplates, Toyobo photopolymer plates;
Intaglio: etching, aquatint, spit bite, lift and wash grounds using acrylic resist grounds on copper. Oil and water-based inks;
Relief Printing: Linocut, Woodcut, and Collagraph;
Monoprinting: monotype and monoprint with an expertise in both oil and waterbased inks;
Mixed Media: conbining all of the above, plus the marriage of digital and hand-pulled prints.
Facilities
Climate controlled studio in historic mill building in bucolic New England setting;
Private editioning studio with 42" x 70" Takach etching press.
Past Projects
Jessica Stockholder
mixed media prints (as part of the Mount Holyoke College Print Workshop)
Ben Aronson
Multi-plate photopolymer intaglio and copper etching
Scott Prior
photopolymer intaglio and digital pigment prints
Josh Peters
photopolymer monoprint
David Hodgon
photo etchings
Jan Krane
photopolymer intaglio prints
Judy Greenberg
photo etchings
Ibi Mathhews
linocuts
Valerie Carrigan
linocuts