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Belfast Print Workshop has built up a valuable collection of printmaking
equipment, which forms the basis of a wide-ranging workshop resource.
The main items are –
Etching
1 Modbury Etching press 183x91cm.
Rochat Etching press 122x66cm.
1 Rochat Etching press 91x53cm.
1 Polymetal J50 Portable Press 50x100cm.
Aquatint box
Metal guillotine
Large paper guillotine
Lithography
Motorised Harrild direct press 102x76cm. bed
Selection of Litho stones – maximum size 61x91cm.
Forklift
Screen printing
Vacuum printing table 210x137cm. bed
Vacuum printing table 152x102cm. bed
Print Down frame 127x122 cm
Self-Contained Exposure Unit 171x127cm.
Metal Halide lamp
Pressure Wash
Drying Cabinet with Light Table 173x143cm.
Drying Rack
Selection of Screen Frames – max. size 103x97cm.
Relief printing
Albion Relief press 61x81cm. bed
Albion Relief press 61x92cm. bed
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Facilities
The Workshop is available at very reasonable rates on an open access basis
to artists with printmaking experience.
Opening Hours
Monday to Friday
from 10am - 5.30pm
Full members have access by keypad codes outside the general opening hours.
As far as possible all technical instruction is restricted to the evening
and Saturday sessions, or during daytime sessions by arrangement. The workshop
holds a comprehensive selection of German, French, Italian and English paper
for printmaking as well as copper and zinc metal plates, direct and indirect
stencils for screen-printing, and photographic materials, all of which can
be purchased in the workshop at near cost price. Members thus share the
advantage of bulk purchase as well as the ready availability of a wide range
of materials. Inks and numerous other sundries
are also available.
Belfast Print Workshop has always encouraged and maintained
links with
international artists and workshops through visits and exhibitions and
encouraged reciprocal contacts. Through these contacts, members have been
able to exhibit their prints at several venues in Germany, New York, France,
Mexico and South Africa.
The Workshop aims to offer members regular news, features and opportunities
through the Newsletter, which is published several times each year
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