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• Efficient- The Print Frog is smooth, dense, and heavy, allowing it to glide across the paper effortlessly.

• Easy to Use- A 4-year-old can quickly master it and makes an ideal educational tool.

• Comfortable- One of our signature design features is an ergonomic handle that allows for all-day painless printing.

• Durable- The Print Frog will potentially last forever, and it's impervious to any print shop chemicals.

• Our glass barens are portable and can print on a wide range of mediums and matrixes. These high-performance barens work on a variety of other printmaking techniques such as Chine-Colle, Mokolito (Japanese lithography), and Mono-printing.

 

Matt Bagley originally designed the Print Frog Glass Baren in 2013 for himself as a way to efficiently print large editions on warped blocks without aggravating repetitive strain injuries in his shoulder and wrist. Matt shared these prototypes with fellow printmakers, and they quickly became the desired tool in any print shop. He started receiving emails asking if he had any more available. He refined his design, coined the name Print Frog®, and in 2014, his high-performance glass baren was made available to the printmaking world.

 

Glass is the ideal material for the Print Frog glass baren because it’s heavy, low friction, and easy to clean. While the Print Frog is aesthetically pleasing by default, it is developed as a serious printmaking tool. We work with the most skilled glassblowers in the area who have decades of experience to ensure quality craftsmanship. The two types of glass used to make the Print Frog are Borosilicate and soft recycled. Borosilicate is a superior material used to make cookware and scientific equipment and is in four of our Pro, Froglette, and Tadpole models. Soft recycled is more of traditional material and is used to craft our Studio model Print Frog.

 

Iron Frog Press strives to refine the design of our glass barens to meet the varying needs of traditional printmakers. We currently have four different models available. Please see additional details under each model description in our IFP Shop.