Equipment

Upstairs Studio

General

  • Large light table (40” x 50”)
  • Large paper prep table (48” x 78”)
  • Drying rack (42” x 52”)
  • Digital suite

Screen Printing

  • 10 screen printing stations w/ hinge clamps
  • Screen washout sink
  • Selection of squeegees (8”-21”)

Digital Suite

  • 44 inch wide Canon Pro 4100 inkjet printer
  • archival inks & paper
  • 6 iMacs
  • Adobe Photoshop CC on all iMacs
  • Adobe full Creative Cloud on 2 iMacs
  • Imacon Flextight Precision II scanner
  • Epson Perfection 4990 legal-sized flatbed scanner for reflective material, film, slides, and transparencies
  • Epson Expression 12000XL A3-sized flatbed scanner for reflective material.
  • B&W  laser printer
Ali James screen printing by Amy Holly, 2013.

Downstairs Studio

General

  • Dilution ventilation system
  • Emergency eyewash station
  • Ink cleanup bin w/ low odour solvent
  • Glass-top tables for inking
  • Paper Prep table w/ cutting mat
  • Assorted brayers, rollers and small utilities
  • Steel paper soaking sink (24” x 48”)
  • Drying rack (42” x 52”)

Intaglio / Relief

  • Etching bath room w/ dedicated sink
  • 1 large Charles Brand press (40” x 60”)
  • 3 small Hamill presses (24” x 48”)
  • Portable tabletop press (11” x 19”)
  • Hot plate (24” x 36”)
  • Electric shear for metal plates

Lithography

  • 2 litho presses
  • Selection of scraper bars
  • Graining table w/ 2 levigators
  • Leather litho rollers
  • Several rubber litho rollers
  • Selection of litho stones (8+ small; 3+ large)
  • Electric stone lift

Screen Printing

  • Safelight darkroom for screen emulsion prep
  • Nuarc Tri Light Metal-Halide UV screen exposure unit w/ vacuum table (max. 40” x 60”)
  • Nuarc First Light UV Fluorescent screen exposure unit w/ vacuum table (max. 24” x 32”)
  • Screen washout area w/ pressure washer
  • Large one-arm screen table (48” x 65”)
  • Smaller one-arm vacuum screen table (36” x 45”)

Letterpress

  • Medium Craftsmen platen letterpress (6.5″ x 10”)
  • Small Adana HS platen letterpress (3.5″ x 5”)
  • 3 Line-O-Scribe sign presses (14” width, various lengths)
  • Vandercook roller proof press
  • 3 cabinets of various type and image cuts
Press by Terry Vatrt, 2016.
Press by Terry Vatrt, 2016.
Willm’s Crane delivering press, 2000.
Willm’s Crane delivering press, 2000.