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These sturdy wooden bridges provide a support for your hand, allowing you to add details to drawings, paintings, gilded surfaces and calligraphy without smudging your work. They are made by hand in the UK, meaning that our supply of different woods can vary, so please give us a call or send us an email if you would like to know what we have available.

Woods may include: American Walnut; American Oak; American Cherry; Ash; Burr Elm; Brown Oak; Elm; Oak; Ripple Ash; Spalted Beech; Utile. 

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This landscape book contains 48 sheets of 200 gsm Fabriano Accademia drawing paper. White, smooth surfaced, acid free paper in a hardbacked cover featuring a 19th-Century design advocating drawing as "a necessary part of the education of all". Sheet size 19cm x 24cm (7.5 x 9.5in). Learn More

Cornelissen Gold Leaf Colour Chart Ranges 80 and 85 Learn More

Traditional high quality soft hair mops with considerable colour carrying capacity. Useful for laying down large washes. Also used by gilders for tamping down gold leaf and for dusting. Learn More

Classic 5.5mm clutch pencil made from FSC certified beechwood. Supplied with display stand sharpener and HB graphite lead. Packed in a gift box. Available in Ash (oiled finish) or Black Stained. Learn More

Canada Balsam is an oleoresin, meaning that it is a mixture of essential oils and resin. It comes from the fir tree Abies balsamea, native to Canada and the eastern states of North America. It is notable for its pale colour, clarity and gloss, making it a useful ingredient in recipes for oil-painting mediums.

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Venice Trupentine is a thick, resinous liquid extracted from the Larix decidua, a larch tree native to Austria. It can impart luminosity, brilliance and gloss when used in mediums and varnishes, and as such it was highly valued during the Golden Age of painting in Venice. It is a slow-drying balsam, which can be diluted with turpentine or placed in a bath of warm water to aid flow.

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Chinese brush, horse hair, small. Strong hairs, suitable for long strokes. Learn More

This unbranded watercolour tin box is the same as the light weight metal boxes used by most of the major European colour-makers. The back of the box includes thumb ring. Dimensions: 22.8 x 11.3 x 2.3cm Learn More

Classic Blotter made from beechwood. Blotting paper backing supplied. Rechargeable. Available in Natural Beechwood or Walnut stained finish. Learn More

Cornelissen Watercolour Empty Boxes. Please note that the empty pans are sold separately. Learn More

Variety of five needles for etching and drypoint. Learn More

Premium quality, extra fine genuine gold precious metal powders handcrafted in Japan by experienced craftsmen, all 1 gram in weight. By crushing gold leaves finely and mixing them with melted glue, a paste is obtained, broken into pieces and transformed into powder, called « Kindei » Gold Powder. First, the 0,2 micron gold leaves are crushed into 3 microns pieces. Afterwards, the glue is washed out with water and dried. The powder obtained is as smooth and fine as flour.

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Tento easy grip carving set. This set comes in a plastic box and contains 5pcs, including; 7.5mm Hangi-toh (knife), 7.5mm Aisuki (flat), 6mm Komasuki (U), 3mm Komasuki (U), 3mm Sankatu-toh (V). These are pencil style tools with a soft easy grip, non-slip rubber ferrule and plastic handle. The handle is longer when compared to the traditional tools, perfect as an introduction to Mokuhanga printing. Learn More

Tool set with denim case. Set contains 7pcs, including; 7mm Aisuki (flat), 8mm Hangi-toh (knife), 4mm Aisuki (flat), 6mm Komasuki (U), 3mm Komasuki (U), 4mm Sankatu-toh (V), 10mm Komasuki (U). These are pencil style tools with an imitation wooden handle that is longer when compared to the traditional tools, perfect as an introduction to Mokuhanga printing. Learn More

Shell gold, so named because it was historically made and stored in a shallow shell such as a mussel shell, consists of finely powdered genuine gold mixed with a variety of gums. It is mixed with a bit of water and applied in the same way as watercolour. After drying for an hour or so, it can be burnished to a soft, beautiful lustre using an agate stone burnishing tool.
Our Shell gold is used by calligraphers, framers, restorers, iconographers and watercolour artists.
In recent years our colour range of genuine gold has been extended and genuine Lapis Lazuli and genuine Malachite have also been added. Learn More

Shell gold, so named because it was historically made and stored in a shallow shell such as a mussel shell, consists of finely powdered genuine gold mixed with a variety of gums. It is mixed with a bit of water and applied in the same way as watercolour. After drying for an hour or so, it can be burnished to a soft, beautiful lustre using an agate stone burnishing tool.
Our Shell gold is used by calligraphers, framers, restorers, iconographers and watercolour artists.
In recent years our colour range of genuine gold has been extended and genuine Lapis Lazuli and genuine Malachite have also been added. Learn More

Gamboge is a natural tree resin, generally extracted by tapping of Garcinia trees, available as a powder and in the solid "pipe" form. One of the unique features of Pipe Gamboge is that it does not require a binding agent to be used as a paint. Instead, colour can be lifted with a wet brush, as from a watercolour pan. When used as a water colour, it gives a bright transparent golden yellow colour. It is highly transparent, fugitive to light, with a weak tinting strength. The powder can be dissolved in alcohol to colour resin-based varnishes. Gamboge was used from ancient times to dye the clothes and also to make a transparent yellow varnish for the colouring of wood, metals and leather.

Pipe Gamboge is available while stocks last. Larger quantities are available by request.

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The madder plant was once widely cultivated for the red dye extracted from its roots. Its earliest known use is in ancient Egypt, and there is evidence of its widespread adoption in Europe from the medieval period. Madder Lake, the pigment that is derived from the root, has now largely been replaced by synthetic alizarin pigments, but it is still used as an ingredient in some commercial paints. It provides a very transparent pigment, with a weak tinting strength, which can be used in all lime-free media, although it is very slow-drying in oil. It is fugitive to sunlight, so paintings containing Madder should be stored appropriately, but it remains one of the most lightfast plant-based pigments. 

Larger quantities are available by request.

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Cornelissen Variegated Metal Leaf Learn More

Cornelissen Variegated Metal Leaf 260 Learn More

Cornelissen Variegated Metal Leaf 264 Learn More

Cornelissen Variegated Metal Leaf 273 Learn More

Cornelissen Variegated Metal Leaf 280 Learn More

Cornelissen Variegated Metal Leaf 282 Learn More

Extra soft brush for varnishing or lacquering. Also useful for watercolour washes. Learn More

Gum Mastic is a tree resin, which dissolves into a clear varnish with alcohol or turpentine, but not with mineral spirits. Mastic varnishes are more prone to blooming and darkening with age than damar-based varnishes, and painting mediums that contain gum mastic can deteriorate in unpredictable ways. For this reason, it is primarily used in restoration, rather than in the production of artwork. Learn More

Gum Tragacanth is a natural tree gum with pigment-binding properties. It can be used to make a very matte watercolour, but is most commonly used in the production of soft pastels.

Please see the Formulas & Recipes section on our homepage for a recipe to make your own pastels using Gum Tragacanth (currently under construction). 

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Dragon's Blood is a natural, resin, mentioned by Pliny in his Natural History. It has a weak tinting strength, and its rich red-colour can be fugitive in direct sunlight. It is fully soluble in alcohol, and can be used to add a warm, transparent tone to spirit varnishes. Also available in lump form.

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