Studio Facilities

SPW provides access to the following printmaking resources

Etching

• Two Harry Rochat Etching Presses, bed sizes 26" and 32" width
• Guillotine for cutting metal plates
• Copper, Aluminium, Perspex and Axpet Polyethylene sheets available for purchase
• Photec Photo-sensitive laminate and Toyobo Printight plates for Photo-intaglio applications available for purchase
• Galvetch facilities for etching steel plates and a Ferric Chloride tank for etching copper.

Lithography

• A Polymetaal direct hand press, bed size 30" x 40"
• A John Grieg direct hand press, bed size 15"x24" bed
• A selection of limestone litho stones, aluminium plates and photo-positive plates are also available for purchase

Relief printing

• Columbian Press, built in 1825, bed size 20" x 26"
• A hand-operated 24"x32" cylinder proofing press
• A number of book presses of various sizes
• Lino sheets to purchase

Screen printing

• Vacuum Printing Table with squeegee arm, available printing surface 1 x 1.5 metres
• A self-contained Exposure Unit for exposing plates or screens, available exposure surface 48" x 60"
• A back-lit Washout Booth and Power Washer
• A number of large and medium-size screenprinting frames
• Several portable screenprinting unit
• Seacourt uses only water-based screenprinting inks

Computer facilities

• Mac and PC facilities with ADSL Internet Connection are available for artist members (only)
• Epson Photo Stylus 2100 Ink Jet Printer (for prints to A3 size)
• Photoshop available on both computers and Colorgate on the PC to create four colour separations

Photocopier

• Available at a modest cost to members
• Black and White A4 and A3 paper
• A4 and A3 transparencies

Resources