Facilities
The studio offers facilities for printing copper, zinc, steel and aluminium plate, linocuts, woodcuts, collographs and monoprints and can comfortably accommodate 10 printmakers.
Materials and facilities included in costs of courses/sessions:
• Facilities for etching
• Basic tools
• Inks, acids, grounds, cleaning materials
Materials available for purchase at cost price:
• Plate – a wide selection of sizes are available. If specific sizes are needed, one week notice is required
• Papers
• Scrim
It is advisable to bring your own apron and gloves; however, disposables can be purchased at cost from the studio.
Health and Safety
Protective wear is provided (e.g. goggles, masks) where necessary. An introduction to health and safety issues will be provided to all users of the studio.
The studio offers facilities for printing copper, zinc, steel and aluminium plate, linocuts, woodcuts, collographs and monoprints and can comfortably accommodate 10 printmakers.
Materials and facilities included in costs of courses/sessions:
• Facilities for etching
• Basic tools
• Inks, acids, grounds, cleaning materials
Materials available for purchase at cost price:
• Plate – a wide selection of sizes are available. If specific sizes are needed, one week notice is required
• Papers
• Scrim
It is advisable to bring your own apron and gloves; however, disposables can be purchased at cost from the studio.
Health and Safety
Protective wear is provided (e.g. goggles, masks) where necessary. An introduction to health and safety issues will be provided to all users of the studio.
The printmaking process
Printmaking is the process of making artworks by printing, normally on paper. Except in the case of monotyping, the process is capable of producing multiples of the same piece, which is called a print. Each piece is not a copy but an original since it is not a reproduction of another work of art and is technically known as an impression.
Press: Rochat Etching Press
bed size 21” x 36”
Prints are created from a single original surface, known technically as a matrix. Common types of matrices include: plates of metal, usually copper or zinc for engraving or etching; stone, used for lithography; blocks of wood for woodcuts, linoleum for linocuts and fabric plates for screen-printing.
Works printed from a single plate create an edition, in modern times usually each signed and numbered to form a limited edition. A single print could be the product of one or multiple techniques.
Press: G. Mann and Company Starwheel Press
bed size 13” x 33”
Printmaking techniques can be divided into the following basic categories:
• relief printing, where the ink goes on the original surface of the matrix. Relief techniques include woodcut or woodblock, wood engraving, linocut and metalcut
• intaglio, where the ink goes beneath the original surface of the matrix. Intaglio techniques include engraving, etching, mezzotint, aquatint, chine-collé and drypoint
• planographic, where the matrix retains its entire surface, but some parts are treated to make the image. Planographic techniques include lithography, monoprinting, and digital techniques.
• stencil, including screen-printing and pochoir
Most of these techniques are available in the studio.
Press: Gunningarts Hand Made Multi-Purpose Press
bed size 20” x 40”
The three presses can print etchings, engravings, drypoints, collographs and monoprints, linocuts and woodblocks up to 1” thick.
Etching is either on copper using ferric chloride, on zinc or steel using nitric acid.
The studio also has a large aquatint box.
The studio remains at a constant and comfortable temperature allowing consistent etching times.
Printmaking is the process of making artworks by printing, normally on paper. Except in the case of monotyping, the process is capable of producing multiples of the same piece, which is called a print. Each piece is not a copy but an original since it is not a reproduction of another work of art and is technically known as an impression.
Press: Rochat Etching Press
bed size 21” x 36”
Prints are created from a single original surface, known technically as a matrix. Common types of matrices include: plates of metal, usually copper or zinc for engraving or etching; stone, used for lithography; blocks of wood for woodcuts, linoleum for linocuts and fabric plates for screen-printing.
Works printed from a single plate create an edition, in modern times usually each signed and numbered to form a limited edition. A single print could be the product of one or multiple techniques.
Press: G. Mann and Company Starwheel Press
bed size 13” x 33”
Printmaking techniques can be divided into the following basic categories:
• relief printing, where the ink goes on the original surface of the matrix. Relief techniques include woodcut or woodblock, wood engraving, linocut and metalcut
• intaglio, where the ink goes beneath the original surface of the matrix. Intaglio techniques include engraving, etching, mezzotint, aquatint, chine-collé and drypoint
• planographic, where the matrix retains its entire surface, but some parts are treated to make the image. Planographic techniques include lithography, monoprinting, and digital techniques.
• stencil, including screen-printing and pochoir
Most of these techniques are available in the studio.
Press: Gunningarts Hand Made Multi-Purpose Press
bed size 20” x 40”
The three presses can print etchings, engravings, drypoints, collographs and monoprints, linocuts and woodblocks up to 1” thick.
Etching is either on copper using ferric chloride, on zinc or steel using nitric acid.
The studio also has a large aquatint box.
The studio remains at a constant and comfortable temperature allowing consistent etching times.