CCI Facilities; June 2019

A space to create standout designs

Location: Eldon Building

Our print workshops are used primarily by Illustration and Graphic Design students, but they're open to all students from the Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries.

Students can work individually or on collaborative pieces. 

Screen printing room

Students who have completed the required induction can use our screen printing room to print materials such as illustrations, posters, or their own business cards.

CCI Facilities; June 2019

Equipment and resources

  • Six vacuum screen print tables — for accurate and repeated printing on paper or card stock
  • 100 printing screens — including 30 screens of A1 size, 60 screens of A2 size, and two screens of A0 size
  • Gemini405 laser-guided guillotine — a trimming and cutting machine used by staff to correctly size students' projects
  • Industry-standard emulsions, fluids, and inks — emulsion is a thicker liquid widely used in printing processes
  • Four drying racks â€” for drying prints on
  • Two jet washing bays â€” for cleaning down screens when finished with
  • Two processing units — used to produce digital and hand drawn designs

Screen coating room

In this room, students can transfer existing images from one print out to another, using a light-sensitive emulsion. 

CCI Facilities; June 2019

Equipment and amenities

  • Photographic emulsion — free for students to use, this is a light-sensitive colloid of solid particles in a fluid, which is used to coat the mesh of the screens to enable the design to be transferred on to the screen
  • Drying cabinet — a horizontal cabinet ideal for drying emulsion coated screens
  • 2x exposure units — to expose your image so you can reproduce your design
  • 2x rinsing bays — a dedicated space for rinsing screens

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CCI Facilities; June 2019
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Where to find us

Print Workshops 
Eldon Building
Winston Churchill Avenue
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PO1 2DJ