Open Access and Printmaking Facilities

St Barnabas press offers two options to its users:
    1. The membership fee is £60.00 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 £10/hr inc.vat, and includes 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 priced according to size) .
    2. Key-holder Membership: Key-holder Membership with 24-hour access costs £150 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:
  • 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
          • Digital printing:
            • Epson 7600 inkjet printer: 620 mm wide x up to 5 m long
            • Canon 4100 12 color inkjet printer: 1118 mm wide x 16 m
  • 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
  • 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
      • Larger stone direct litho press Imperial