Printmaking Facilities

 

A total of 3,595 square feet are devoted to the printmaking studios.

 Instructional spaces include

5 studio/classrooms: One serigraphy, one lithography, two intaglios, and one general. Support spaces and storage: Acid room, serigraphy storage, and photo-exposure room.

 

Lithography Studio

This multi-purpose area contains six large work tables, 78 standard lockers, 35 flat file drawers for paper storages, a paper cutter and a 24"x36" light table.

In addition it houses a Griffin II, electric 32"x59" bed litho press, a Griffin I, 27"x47" bed Griffin litho press on loan, a Takach-Garfield press, grinding equipment, stone storage and inking, a hydraulic stone lift, 24 medium to large Bavarian limestone’s and various storage cabinets.

 

Etching Studio

This room houses three intaglio presses including a Takach 18"x36" bed etching press, a Meker & McFee, 24"x48" bed; an Alps, 30"x66" bed; and a French processes. There are eight 4'x8' plywood stretching boards providing 512 sq. ft. of print drying capacity. There are 48 flat file drawers for paper storage.

 

For the Intaglio processes the plate preparation room contains an aquatint box, a drop knife plate cutter, space for preparing plates with grounds and cleaning up. There are two sinks and an eye washer. In addition there is a large spray booth, which is used by the whole Department for safe venting fixatives, etc.

 

Letterpress & Book Arts Studio

 The Department of Art & Design at the University of North Dakota created a letterpress and book arts studio in 2010. “Sundog Press” was created with equipment and materials funded by the Myers Foundations, a donated, 19th century platen press from Morgan Publishing of Grafton, N.D. and technical support provided by Fine Print of Grand Forks. The only letterpress and book arts area in the North Dakota University System, the curriculum blends graphic design and printmaking techniques in a mixed-media environment.

 Combining 400-year-old technology with contemporary design practices, undergraduate and graduate students have the opportunity to create limited edition books, posters and other printed material.

 

 

Computer Lab

2 G-Mac computers, 1 Epson Stylus Pro 220 Printer, 1 HP LaserJet Photo 5100, 1 Epson Stylus Pro 7800 large-format printer with archival ink system and I HP large format 36" wide plotter, for photo-transparencies.

 

Acid Room

 This room is specially vented to control acid fumes and has an emergency shower.

 

Serigraphy Studio

This room contains five printing stations, three with vacuum pumps and a print drying rack, a screen storage rack, a refrigerator, and a sink with a high-pressure washer. In addition there is a small exposure room for photo-serigraphy processes.

 

Lithography studio

 This room contains a Takach-Garfield press, grinding equipment, stone storage and inking plate.

 

Plate Makers

For silkscreen and photolithography: 1-198"x26" Nu-Arc flip-top plate maker and 1-Amerigraph Vacuum 150 Screen Exposure Unit, for up to 28"x34" screens and plates.