2026 Cover Artist: Valerie Leuth

McClain’s 2026 catalog features Valerie Leuth’s beautiful multiblock woodcut titled Glowing Rose. “Valerie Leuth is a dedicated woodcut printmaker, small business owner and mother of two living and working in Pittsburg, PA. For the past 20 years, she has been operating Tugboat Printshop and creating her unique woodcut artworks with a grassroots approach to making and sharing that is hands-on and upbeat. A reverence for technique and steadfast patience for puzzling out the challenges of the woodblock medium pairs with her experimental and playful approach to carving, inking and publishing as she guides her exactingly fine-tuned drawings into multiblock woodcut editions. Valerie’s imaginative woodcuts pulse with intricate detailing, whim, warmth and curiosity.”  Follow and find out more @tugboatprintshop

Thank you to those who submitted their prints to the McClain’s gallery and catalog. We absolutely enjoy receiving your prints and include as many as we possibly can in the printed catalog. If you would like to share your work, we accept prints throughout the year for the next year’s printed catalog. Please see How to Join McClain’s Gallery for more information.

This year’s catalog mailing happened at the first of the March. If you did not receive a copy, you can always request a free one with your next order.

This Saturday! PDiM 2026

McClain’s is a proud sponsor of the annual Print Day in May (PDiM) in 2026! PDiM is a day when printmakers from around the world celebrate the art and community of printmaking. It is always held on the first Saturday of May. Participation is free and simple: just make a print and post it on Instagram, Facebook or the PDiM’s blog.That’s it!

Tag @printdayinmay and a participating sponsor (like us!) in both your caption and photo for your chance to win a sponsor prize. To be eligible to win a participating PDiM sponsor prize your post must be shared publicly on the PDiM blog, Instagram or Facebook. For social media participants you also need to be following @printdayinmay.

McClain’s will only be checking in on posts on Instagram and the PDiM blog. Our prize this year is two $100 McClain’s Gift Certificates for a relief print post! We are excited to see your prints on May 2nd, 2026.

MAPC: PRINTELLIGENCE 2026

McClain’s will be at this year’s Mid America Print Council (MAPC) conference vendor fair at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana from October 7th-October 10th. Find out more at midamericaprintcouncil.org

New at McClain’s

For over forty-five years, McClain’s has imported tools and relief printamking materials from Japan as well as supplies for woodcut, linocut, engraving and monotype printmaking from around the world. Below are a few new products in this year’s catalog.