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The Australian Print Workshop's Custom Printing Workshop
provides an opportunity for artists who may not have a detailed
technical knowledge of printing processes to produce limited
edition prints.
Artists using the Custom Printing Workshop collaborate with
APW Printers, who manage the technical aspects of printing
and assist them to realise their particular visual language
in the print medium.
The APW Custom Printing Workshop offers printmaking services
in a range of print techniques including, etching, direct
stone lithography, direct and offset plate lithography, relief
printing and monoprinting.
The reputation of APW Custom Printing Workshop, based on
its world-class facilities and on the skill and expertise
of APW Printers, attracts artists from around Australia. A
number of these artists have an extensive background in printmaking,
while others visit the APW to make prints for the first time.
Many artists use the APW Custom Printing Workshop to make
prints for solo and/or group exhibitions, commissions and
for awards and competitions. The Australian Print Workshop
Gallery also stocks many prints produced by artists who have
used the APW Custom Printing Workshop to produce their work.
Click here to view
the selection of works for sale online in our Printstore.
How can I use the Custom Printing Workshop?
The APW Custom Printing Workshop offers a custom printing
service that is available to anyone who wishes to produce
work in the print medium.
If you are interested in our custom printing service, please
contact us to make
an appointment with our staff to discuss the scope of your
proposed printing project. Ideally, this meeting provides
an opportunity for APW staff to view some examples of your
work, to help determine the most appropriate printmaking techniques
for your proposed project.
As the APW Custom Printing Workshop is often heavily booked,
please note that bookings for custom printing projects are
required several weeks in advance.
What printmaking equipment and facilities are available?
The APW Custom Printing Workshop offers a wide range of printmaking
equipment and facilities for use exclusively by artists utilising
the Australian Print Workshop's custom printing service. Custom
Printing Workshop artists have exclusive access to the following:
- Private studio for the duration of the artist's
project
- FAG offset lithography press (bed size 78
x 107cm)
- Mailander 1959 offset lithography press (bed
size 60 x 70cm)
- Takach-Garfield motorized lithography press
(bed size 82 x 140cm)
- Hilton manual etching press (bed size 100
x 168cm)
- Process room with ferric chloride baths for
etching copper
- Aquatint box.
Other printmaking equipment and facilities available to artists
using the Australian Print Workshop's custom printing service
include:
- 2 Hilton manual etching presses (bed sizes
100 x 168cm)
- Hilton manual etching press (bed size 80
x 150cm)
- Guillotine for cutting plates
- Takach-Garfield manual lithography press
(bed size 100 x 168cm)
- Takach-Garfield motorized lithography press
(bed size 100 x 176cm)
- Over 100 lithography stones (ranging in size
from 18 x 30cm to 73 x 102cm)
- Graining sink and 2 levigators, for graining
lithography stones
- Albion press for relief printing (platen
size 44 x 59cm)
- Olec Ovac upright vacuum exposure station
(screen size 50 x 60cm)
- Over 25 rollers, including 2 leather nap
rollers (ranging in size from 9cm to 90cm wide)
- Large stainless steel sink for soaking paper.
What is the cost?
Fees for custom printing are calculated on a job-by-job basis
and are set at a level that allows the Australian Print Workshop
to recover labour, materials and overhead expenses.
Custom printing costs vary depending on the scope of the
printing project to be undertaken. If you are interested in
using this service, please contact
Australian Print Workshop for further information, to
discuss your potential custom printing project, or to obtain
a cost estimate.
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