Print Workshops

Our print workshops are used primarily by Illustration and Graphic Design students, but they're open to all students from the Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries.

Students can work individually or on collaborative pieces.

Screen printing room

Students who have completed the required induction can use our screen printing room to print materials such as illustrations, posters, or their own business cards.

Equipment and resources

Six vacuum screen print tables — for accurate and repeated printing on paper or card stock
100 printing screens — including 30 screens of A1 size, 60 screens of A2 size, and two screens of A0 size
Gemini405 laser-guided guillotine — a trimming and cutting machine used by staff to correctly size students' projects
Industry-standard emulsions, fluids, and inks — emulsion is a thicker liquid widely used in printing processes
Four drying racks — for drying prints on
Two jet washing bays — for cleaning down screens when finished with
Two processing units — used to produce digital and hand drawn designs

Screen coating room

In this room, students can transfer existing images from one print out to another, using a light-sensitive emulsion.

Equipment and amenities

Photographic emulsion — free for students to use, this is a light-sensitive colloid of solid particles in a fluid, which is used to coat the mesh of the screens to enable the design to be transferred on to the screen
Drying cabinet — a horizontal cabinet ideal for drying emulsion coated screens
2x exposure units — to expose your image so you can reproduce your design
2x rinsing bays — a dedicated space for rinsing screens