St Barnabas press offers two options to its users:
- The membership fee is £55.00 inc.vat per year (with concessions available at £42.50 inc.vat per year). Temporary Membership is available for £35.00 inc.vat for 3 months. Open-access charges apply on top of the membership fee, at £9/hr inc.vat, and include inks and general workshop materials. However, specialist papers and printing materials are not included (metal plates, lithography stones, silk screens etc. can be rented/purchased from the studio as required and is prized according to size) .
- Key-holder Membership: Key-holder Membership with 24-hour access costs £120 per month, with a minimum commitment of 3 months. Materials can be conveniently purchased from the studio. a storage draw is also included.
Open Printmaking access and facilities
Dimensions of Equipment in the Workshop:
- Relief Printing:
- Columbian Press: 20″ x 30″
- Albion Press: 20″ x 30″
- Etching Press (for larger relief prints): 80 cm by 160 cm
- Screen Printing:
- Three presses are available, plus four bench-top sizes:
- Smallest: max print size 30″ x 40″
- Medium: max print size 60″ x 40″
- Largest: max print size 1000 mm x 2200 mm
- Three presses are available, plus four bench-top sizes:
- Etching:
- Three presses are available:
- Two presses with max print size on each of 26″ x 60″
- 17th century double Imperial etching press 80 cm wide
- Two portable presses for outreach projects
- Three presses are available:
- Lithography:
- Small stone direct litho press half Imperial
- Larger stone direct litho press Imperial
- Darkroom:
- Photo-print processes include:
- Indirect and direct photo-stencil screen-printing up to 2.5 m x 1.5 m
- Photo-etching and photo-relief printing
- Photo-lithography
- Cyanotype
- Photo-print processes include:
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- Digital printing:
- Epson 7600 inkjet printer: 620 mm wide x up to 5 m long
- Canon ipf 8100 12 color inkjet printer: 1118 mm wide x 16 m
- Digital printing: