Second floor
The print studio
An etching press, a screen-print bay, a bookbinding station and a small drawing room. Sofia runs it, and she keeps it cleaner than most people keep their own.
- Etching press
- Rochat 70×120cm bed, geared
- Screen bay
- Four-arm carousel, exposure unit, washout booth
- Bookbinding
- Nipping press, board shear, sewing frames
- Drawing room
- North light, six easels, one plan chest
- Ventilation
- Extracted booth for solvents and acid
- Access
- Second floor, stairs only — tell us and we move you down
Who can use it
Anyone who has been through an induction with Sofia. That is one session, ninety minutes, free, and it covers the press, the acid, the ventilation and where the first-aid kit is. After that you can book by the day.
What we supply
Press, blankets, tools, the acid bath and the ventilation. You bring plates, paper and ink, or buy them downstairs at the same price as everyone else — there is no studio surcharge.
Etiquette
Clean the press bed. Label your acid. Do not leave a plate in the bath and go for coffee. Sofia will say all of this once, kindly, and then once more, less kindly.
Book an induction
Wednesdays and Fridays, by arrangement. Bring nothing but shoes you do not mind ruining.