VeganArtStuff

The first modelling clay manufacturing company’s reply is in:

I got the information that the Clay and Paint Factory’s Cernit modelling clay is not vegan-friendly, because of one ingredient, but they will look into finding a solution for this.

 

Source: Mail contact

For Modelling clay I contacted following companies:

• Jovi
• Chavant
• Clay & Paint Factory (the Cernit people), 2nd try
• Beck Plastilin
• Morocolor (-> Primo)
• Flair Leisure Products PLC (Plasticine)

 

I did not contact G.Lalo- J.Herbin for Plastiline, because they already stated previously that they are not interested in vegan art supplies at the moment.

There are about +six more modelling clay companies on my list that I will contact soon.

 

Source: Mail Contact

I recently sent out inquiries to following companies:

• Faber Castell, about their new water reservoir brush and their new inks
• Kuretake, about the products in their Cartoonist inking set
• Canon, about ink cartridges, toners and paper
• Epson, about ink cartridges, toners and paper
• Speedball Art, about dip pen holder and nibs, oblique holder and inks
• William Mitchell, about dip pens, pen holders, nibs and inks
• Leonardt for Hiro Leonardt calligraphy nibs and holders

Hopefully there will be some news soon.

Following calligraphy product companies  are momentarily not interested in catering to vegans or simply did never reply:

• G.Lalo and Brause – no interest
• Clairefontaine – no reply
• Honsell Art – no reply
• J.Herbin – no interest
• Manuscript – no reply
• Pilot – no reply
• Cretacolor – no interest

 

Following companies are working on vegan friendly product lists: Lefranc&Bourgeois, Koh-I-Noor

 

If there are other calligraphy brands or printer ink ( and ink brand subsitutes) and paper brands out there, you are using or/and you want to know about their vegan friendly status, please let me know so I can contact them.                                                                     I am also happy to hear from you about every other art/crafting related brand you want to know this about, whether they produce your typical art supplies, paper, glue, varnish, … .

 

 

Source: mail contact

Company: Too Marker Products inc. (for Copic Alcohol Markers and Paper)

Too Marker Products answered my inquiry only partially and I would have had to ask further questions, but they also wrote, that the information is not for public disclosure.   The conclusion : the Copic Markers will not be added to my vegan-friendly list.

 

Source: Mail contact

Dick Blick/ Blick Art Materials: they confirmed that the Blick Marker are vegan friendly and cruelty-free, however, they cannot confirm the cruelty-free part for the company, just for the markers. So the markers will not be added to my list of vegan friendly material.

Source: Mail contact

 

I received the first replies to my vegan friendly (alcohol) marker inquiries.

Since Winsor&Newton’s acquisition of the Letraset Marker was fairly new and their information sheet existed exactly in its same form before that, I put this concern in my mail. Colart replied for Winsor&Newton that they are checking their supply chain for animal derivative contamination of the raw material. However, Winsor&Newton and Colart are cruelty-free and Colart confirms that chemically the majority of the raw materials used, is free of animal derivatives.

Here is said information sheet : Winsor Newton Animal derived ingredients list

 

Source: Mail contact