- Copper plates
- 10 pieces
- Diameter- 15cm, Thickness- 1.5mm
- Diameter- 30cm, Thickness- 1.5mm
- LXW- 30x30cm, Thickness- 1.5mm
- LXW- 15x15cm, Thickness- 1.5mm
Location: Kens Metal Industries Ltd- Enterprise Road, Industrial area
- Chemicals
- Citric acid 500g
- Ferric chloride 500g
Location: Himani Traders- Lagos road CBD, next to Savani’s Bookshop
For mixing instructions call Kamwathi
- Resist/Ground
Import. Ask Kamwathi or Jackie for leftovers
- Hardware items
- Industrial gloves
- Scrappers
- Rollers
- dust masks
- dust cloths
- Metal file
- Adjustable spanner (for adjusting threads on a large press)
- Lubricating oil
- Long steel nails
- Measuring jug
- Funnel
- Sandpaper
- White spray paint
- Turpentine
- Assorted trays. LxWxH- 120x80x20cm
- Airtight jerrycans
- 3mm Thick glass panes
- 2-3mm Perspex sheets
- Large clear polythene sheets
Location: Most hardware stores & Kenpoly Manufacturers Ltd (for extra-large trays)- Lunga Lunga road, Industrial area
- Shop items
- Grease stripping dishwashing powder
- Dishwashing sponge
- Hand-held hair dryer
- Paper towels
- Wooden pegs
- Clothes line
Location: Ebrahims, most supermarkets
- Paper + art materials
- Etching paper
- Archival acid free paper
- Watercolor paper 300gsm
- Etching pens
- Fine point paint brushes- assorted sizes
- 1m + 30cm steel rulers
Location: Sciencescope- Kimathi Street CBD-next to Nation center, Text Book Center(s)
- Ink
- Black
- Cyan
- others
Location: Inkson Industrial Co Ltd- 07 Dunga road, Industrial area
- Press
- Large(A0+) or Portable etching press (A3)
- 3mm blanket
- 2mm plastic sheet
Location: Kuona Trust | Maasai Mbili | Kamwathi’s studio
- Miscellaneous
- Stop watch
- Used newspapers
- Long wooden mixing stick
- Outdoor/well-ventilated studio space
- Tonal strip
- Used to calculate waiting periods between acid baths & shows the outcome of the etching on paper