Facilities

Equipment

  • Hunter Penrose Etching Press. Bed size 28×48”(71×122 cm) will print etching plates, litho plates, wood or lino
  • Aquatint Box 38×26”(96x66cm)
  • Screen Printing Vacuum Table 33×46”(84x117cm) and eight non-vacuum hinged screen bases 32×28”(81x71cm)
  • 2 Galley Presses for relief printing, bed sized 25×40”(63x102cm) and 13×24”(33x61cm)
  • Self contained UV exposure unit 56×44”(156x112cm) for exposing screens and plates

Processes

  • Water based screen printing
  • Etching.  Copper, zinc and steel etching plates.  Edinburgh etch and nitric acid etching.
  • Solar plate, Hydro plate intaglio and relief printing
  • Wood and lino block relief printing
  • Wood engraving
  • Experimental and mixed media printmaking – monoprints, collaographs, etc