Windsor Printmaker’s Forum provides facilities for the following processes:
Intaglio:
Letterpress:
Lithography:
Papermaking: (this facility is currently under construction)
Screenprinting:
Other Equipment:
Intaglio:
- Vertical ferric chloride etching bath for copper plates
- Two intaglio presses (Rembrandt and P-K)
- 32 x 40 inch paper soaking sink a small selection of large rollers and small brayers
- Hot plate and both solid and liquid etching grounds
Letterpress:
- Vandercook automated proofing press (under repair)
- Ample furniture, leading and other necessary tools (quoins, composing sticks, etc)
- A moderate selection of lead typefaces and a large selection of ornaments and borders
Lithography:
- Rembrandt lithography press
- Stone graining sink
- A selection of litho stones up to 22 x 30 inches
- Forklift for moving stones
- Two leather rollers and three composite rollers
- Carborundums, lithotine, gum arabic, nitric acid, rosin, talc
Papermaking: (this facility is currently under construction)
- Hollander beater
- Two large pulp vats
- Varying sizes of molds and deckles up to 24 x 30 inches
- Hydraulic press large enough to accommodate 24 x 30 inch paper sheets Relief
- Rembrandt etching press roller can be raised to accommodate up to a one-inch wood block
Screenprinting:
- Vacuum exposure unit
- Darkroom for screen coating
- Large printing tables
- Squeegees
Other Equipment:
- Two nipping presses for bookbinding
- Guillotine paper cutter
- Print drying rack
- Print storage drawers
Windsor Printmaker’s Forum, founded by local artists in 1987, has established a working space for area artists to create and produce their own original, limited edition prints.
As a non-profit arts organization and an artist-run production center, we offer facilities in lithography, intaglio, relief, silkscreen and letterpress printing, giving area artists/printmakers a place to continue their creative development in the fine arts printmaking medium. All content © 2020.