Buy / Swap / Sell / Give


This page is offered as a community service, to help printmakers find each other in order to source/recycle/sell/give away and FIND printmaking materials and equipment.

Please contact each other direct - I’m trusting the info provided to me is accurate, honest and reasonable - so you’ll need to work out between you whether it’s for you or not. (Let’s face it, a lot of print gear is historic or archaic… Not just out of warranty, but possibly also hailing back to ye olden times, before warranties were even invented 🤣)

Caveat emptor indeedy!

And please let me know when a listing needs to be deleted or updated 💙

Searching for…

Old lithographic drawing materials
Simone/UStP (me!) is looking for any old litho crayons, pencils or tusches that you might have rolling around in the bottom of your print box. I’ve been learning Aluminium Lithography and Mokulito (Japanese Wood Lithography) and am trying to source stone litho materials from ye olden days. Can be broken or daggy. Whatever you haven’t used for years, but can’t quite bring yourself to throw out…
Contact Simone here.

Etching press
The Pinnaroo Printmakers / Mallee Studio are looking for a small 2nd hand etching press for their community group. Needs to be small enough to transport by car around the Mallee to run community workshops.
Contact Morrison here.

Etching press
SA artist looking for a large 2nd hand etching press.
Contact Sally here.

Nap roller for stone lithography
Laneway Print Studio is putting together a stone lithography facility. Looking for nap rollers, etc.
Contact Sandra here.

Looking for new homes…

Old school tilting screenprinting vacuum table
Location: Stone & Quoin studio, Hindmarsh SA
GIVE AWAY - to be collected by the October Long Weekend
Contact Damien here.

Old school tilting vacuum table to be rehomed by the October Long Weekend. In working order, no lamp.
Collection from Hindmarsh.

Letterpress gear
Location: Lockleys, SA
Price: All reasonable offers considered (as a job lot or for individual items).
Contact Simone here.

Union St Printmakers/Simone is moving on all of her vintage letterpress gear. Items include Adana clamshell presses, upright Pearl platen-pedal press, upright Gem platen-pedal press, mitre cutter, slug cutter, regulet case, and much more. Full listing coming soon. (Stay tuned.)
Collection from Lockleys &/or Hindmarsh.

(PS, Damien W at 6MSt is still deep in the land of letterpress, it’s just Simone who is moving out of letterpress, in order to concentrate on other print processes.)

Press felts & spindle roller
Location: Laneway Print Studios, St Peters SA
Price: $750 ONO for the blankets, $750 for the spindle roller
Contact Andrea here.

* Set of 3 Takach etching blankets - 100% wool felted, 150x69cm, including a sizing catcher, cushion and pusher. In excellent condition (only used a couple of times), $750 ONO for the full set. (New, posted from America, currently ~$820).
* Large spindle roller & stand - medium durometer, roller 160mm x 510mm, (used twice), $750. (Retails new at $985 for the roller + $150 for the stand.)
Collection from Laneway Print Studio.

Large spindle roller
Location: Union St Printmakers, Hindmarsh SA
Price: $800
Contact Britt here.

Large spindle roller for sale - hard durometer, roller 127mm/5" diameter x 450mm/18" wide, used (in good condition), includes robust stand and cover, $800.
Collection from Union St Printmakers.

Please note:

  • Union St Printmakers/Simone takes no responsibility for any of the items listed (except her own, of course), nor the conversations/interactions you might have. Caveat emptor and all that.

  • Please treat each other kindly, generously and with respect.

  • Please handle each other’s personal details with confidentiality, sensitivity and privacy.

  • Union St Printmakers/Simone receives no commission or remuneration for this service. (Unless it’s her own gear she’s moving on, of course!)

  • This page exists only to help each other to spring clean, recycle and reuse… building connections and community 💙