A heavy weight washi (65 gsm)  30% kozo, 70% lignin free wood pulp.  This is a sized paper but for some prints with a lot of plates I size the paper again to manage the moisture.

Pure pigment that needs to be mixed with a medium.  For block printing I use starch paste.  The base colours are  Hansa Yellow Light, Qunacridone Magenta, Phthalo Blue and sumi ink (black).

Used for Japanese mokuhanga water based wood block printing.

I also use a DIY version with tapioca starch.

20 Gr Tapioca Starch

250 ml water

Heat while stirring until thickened.  Add the preservative as its cooling.

Optiphen (preservative) 1.5%

Used for Japanese mokuhanga water based wood block printing.

3mm Basswood plywood - Made for the laser cutting craft.  I mount this on to thicker plywood to manage the warping from water based ink.

1/2" MDF - Works well but needs to be sealed.   Shellac seems to work well.

Birch plywood - This does work but can be very brittle with fine detail.

Shina plywood - Made in Japan for mokuhanga.  Expensive and hard to obtain in Canada.  Works and carves very well.

Linoleum - The battleship grey stuff is easy to carve, but for traditional western printing.