Frontline Arts has fully equipped studio spaces for printmaking in intaglio, relief, screen printing, digital and letterpress, as well as papermaking and book arts. For more information on specific services, please click the links below:
When using our studio, you will have access to the following equipment:
INTAGLIO/ RELIEF/ MONOTYPE
Charles Brand Etching Press, 30”x50” with blankets
Charles Brand Etching Press, 36”x60” with blankets
18×24″ Vertical etching tank for copper plates (Ferric Chloride)
Various etching trays for zinc, aluminum and steel (Saline Sulfate)
NuArc 26-1K Mercury Exposure Unit, 23x27” for photopolymer plates
Photopolymer Exposure Unit 12"x16"
Spray Booth with Air Compressor for aquatints
24" x 36" Hotplate
Portable Inking Slabs 18×24”- 24×48”
Multi-use Inking Table, 60”x90”
Viscosity/Editioning Rollers 18”
Brayers and Rubber Rollers, 1” – 24”
Akua, Caligo, Charbonnel and other water-washable Inks & Modifiers
Assorted oil-based Inks & Modifiers (Charbonnel, Graphic Chemical, Hanco, Gamblin, etc)
Full-size drying racks
Inking knives, Intaglio tools, Tarletan, Cheesecloth, Spatulas, Rulers, T-Squares, Blades, Cutting Mats, Scissors, etc.
SCREEN PRINTING
Accu-Glide, 32″x40″ One Man Squeegee Press with squeegee arm, built-in vacuum table and Micro Registration
Amerigraph Screen and Plate Exposure Unit, 30”x40”
Ryonet 48″ Washpit Backlit Washout Booth with Power Washer
LED Light Table, 17″x24″
Many Screens, various meshes and sizes, up to 30″ x 40″
Vacuum Table, 28”x40”
6 Hinge Tables, 24”x36”
Various squeegees, 4”-32”
Speedball Permanent Acrylic and Fabric Screen Printing Ink
LETTERPRESS/BOOK ARTS
Vandercook Universal I Letterpress
Vandercook Galley Letterpress
Type-High Foundry and Wood Type, Line and Halftone blocks, Ornaments/Dingbats
13″ x 19″ Boxcar base for photopolymer plates
Photopolymer Plate Exposure Unit, 11”x14”
Book Press, 18”x12”
Book Binding Tools: Bone Folders, Needles, Awls
PAPERMAKING
2lb. Reina Hollander Paper Beater
Moulds & Deckles, 4x6” – 15x15”
MiScreen A4 Screen Maker for pulp spray stencils
Large-batch pulp strainers, no-seeum netting
Wet-sheet hydraulic Paper Press, 22”x25”
Various Vats and buckets
DIGITAL
iMac with full Adobe Design Suite Creative Cloud
Epson SureColor P6000, 24” wide, Large Format Digital Inkjet
Canon Pixma IX6820, 13x19”, Inkjet Printer
Brother MFC-J6920DW, Tabloid Copy/Scanner/Inkjet
Pro Impact Copy Stand, 16x20” maximum document
Digital Projectors