Printmaking Facilities and Equipment
8,100 square feet divided into 5 distinct work areas (plus faculty/grad student studios)
Intaglio/Relief studio
- Etching Presses
- 40” x 70” American French Tool Press
- 33.5” x 60” Takach Etching Press
- 48” x 96” Takach Etching Press
- 32” x 48” Connecticut Hydraulic Press (in need of attention)
- 36” x 60” Charles Brand Etching Press (in need of repair)
- 20” 26” Lion Reliance Press
- Drying racks
- Large glass inking table
- 44” x 30” Aquatint box
- 24” x 37” Parts washer
- Two 27” x 36” Chromalox hot plates
- 37” Pexto metal plate shear
- 4’ x 4’ x 4’ Brinks bench style spray booth
- Two large paper soaking sinks
- Large paper preparation table
- Acid Room
- 2x 30” x 95” Labconco acid hoods
- 2 Vertical acid tanks (not yet installed)
- 1 Sink mounted eyewash
- 1 Ceiling mounted shower wash
- 1 Ventilated acid cabinet
Lithography studio
(Stone Lithography, Plate Lithography, Photo Lithography)
- Presses
- 33” x 57” Takach Lithographic Press
- 36” x 50” Charles Brand Lithographic Press
- 30” x 48” Charles Brand Lithographic Press
- Lithographic Stones
- 10 Large Stones (approx. 26” x 34”)
- 28 Medium Size Stones (approx. 18” x 24”)
- 37 Small Stones (approx. 10” x 12” to 16” x 20”)
- Other Large Facilities and Equipment
- Hydraulic lift (30” x 32”)
- Scissor lift (35” x 20”)
- 42” x 142” stone graining sink
- 3 Levigators
- Drying rack
- Two 48” x 96” work tables
- Three 24” x 96” rolling work tables
- Two Takach aluminum plate backers (30” x 40”)
- Four inking slabs
- Stoesser Register Systems punch-hole registration system
- Paper tearing surface
Serigraphy studio
- Screen Printing Area:
- Eight 40” x 72” printing stations each with a pair of hinges for a screen
- 30” x 40” vacuum table printing station
- 4 x 10 foot paper tearing station with a self-healing cutting mat surface
- 3 x 12 foot worktable with a self-healing cutting mat surface
- 30, 48” x 36” flat-files for student storage
- Vertical bins for over 50 screens
- Washout sink with two spray-down faucets and one traditional faucet
- 7 scoop coaters of various sizes
- Over 40 shop screens of various sizes and mesh counts
- Large retractable screen installed for slide lectures and visiting artist talks
- Epson digital projector
- 30” x 40” light table
- Drying racks
- Washout Room
- 8 x 6 x 3 foot Backlit Washout Booth
- Emulsion Eliminator 3 High Pressure Washer
- Exposure Room
- UV Safe Lights
- Nu-Arc MSP 3650 Exposure Unit with vacuum and 56”x42” exposure surface
- Papermaking equipment
Darkroom
- UV Safe Lights
- 30 Vertical Bins for screen storage
- 12” x 48” box for lithography Photo Plates
- 12” x 96” table for coating screens
Computer lab
- Four Apple computers
- Adobe Creative Suite, Final Cut Pro, Microsoft Office Suite, etc. at all stations
- Xante PlateMaker4 printer (11x17" output, running Adobe PostScript 3)
- HP LaserJet 4050N BW printer (8.5 x 14" maximum output)
- Epson Stylus Pro7600 inkjet 24" printer
- Two photo scanners
- Hard-wired Ethernet connections
Shared use space
- Three work tables (48” x 96”)
- Critique wall