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