Printmaking Facilities

The printmaking studios at WSU have been designed to provide a professional facility for explorations in print media at both the undergraduate and graduate level. The printmaking area has one room devoted to lithography, relief, intaglio, and associated processes and another exclusively for screenprinting. In addition, there is also a photo-processes room with a washout booth, pressure washer and exposure unit and an acid and grounds room, totaling 2700 square feet of combined space. All rooms are vented for safe use of materials with the addition of pull-down vents and a down-draft worktable in the lithography and etching area. The printmaking area also accesses the digital media lab for medium format ink-jet printing and film generation.

Equipment:

  • Takach Litho Press 34x60" (30x40" Plate Block)
  • Takch Litho Press 24x48"
  • Brand Etching Press 30x50"
  • Brand Etching Press 26x48"
  • Wisconsin 1-Arm Screenprinting Vacuum Table, 40 x 50"
  • Manual Screenprinting Vacuum Table, 30x40"
  • Showcard Machine Company 22 x 28" Letterpress
  • Amergraph AdVantage 150 31 x 41" Halide Exposure Unit
  • Litho stones up to 18 x 24"
  • Vertical Etching Tanks up to 18 x 24", Trays up to 22 x 26"
  • Grabbit Roller
  • Large Diameter Rollers up to 22 x 30" Roll-out
  • Airbrush/Spray Aquatint Area

Access to Digital Media Lab with:

  • Epson 3800 Inkjet Printer (17x22" Films)
  • Epson 4000 Inkjet Printer (17x22" Pigment Prints)
  • GCC Laserprinter. (13x19" Polyester Litho plates)

Graduate Student Digital Lab:

  • Epson 9600

 

Pictures of the Facilities >>