The Printmaking Workshop
The press room with the two etching presses.
The studio space is the restored old carriage house of Villa Beltrami. It is equipped for all intaglio techniques and black-and-white photography printing.
There is one press room with an entrance to the piazza, one corridor that functions as a gallery, one bathroom (with shower), one large work-area with an entrance from the private courtyard, and a darkroom.
It is around 1000 square feet, well lit, heated and ventilated, and has wi-fi, for anyone interested in listening to music and podcasts, or needing to google how to order a coffee in Italian.
Artists in residence at Two Cents Press have unrestricted 24/7 access to the printmaking workshop.
Beside a large variety of tools, the equipment and supplies available in the studio include:
Two etching presses (19”x35”, 24”x48”)
A large rosin box
Two hotplates
A foot operated metal cutter for cutting copper
UV exposing unit
Large vacuum frame
Rollers, hard ground, soft ground, wax, whiting, alcohol, odorless mineral spirit
Inks (for proofs)
Potassium dichromate for sensitizing the gelatin
Ferric chloride in different Baumé degrees
Inks for proofs, rollers, hard ground, soft ground, wax, whiting..
FOR SALE - Gelatin for photogravure: Cape Fear and the legendary Autotype G35 pigment paper
FOR SALE - Mirror finished copper plates, max 18” x 24”
FOR SALE - A variety of quality printing papers (Magnani, Fabriano, Amatruda)
FOR SALE - photopolymer plates
FOR SALE - Inks for editions
FOR SALE - Expired film and photographic paper
A large collection of books and manuals on printmaking and photography is also at hand.
The studio has also a well-equipped darkroom with supplies to support all B&W techniques as well as cianotype, chemigrams and more.
Tools/equipment for book binding is also available.
Among the intaglio techniques offered are: etching, engraving, aquatint, drypoint, mezzotint, white ground, sugar lift… as well as copperplate photogravure, and photopolymer gravure.
