Spudnik Press is a comprehensive cooperative
artist studio dedicated to encouraging new talent in fine art printmaking in an alternative art space. Open to all levels
of printmakers, Spudnik Press provides common studio space capable of printing traditional as well as photographic litho,
relief, and silkscreen prints. Additionally, Spudnik Press fosters a greater public awareness and understanding of prints
and art-making in general by offering demonstrations, workshop, critiques, and gallery shows.
Presses
Conrad Etching Press: Prints up to 24” wide
Blick Etching Press: Prints up to
18" wide
Parks Lithography Press: Prints up to 24” plate
2 tables with silkscreen hinges
2 movable print stations (hinges attached to boards)
Tools and Equipment
Exposure Unit and Light Table: 30"x48"
Power Washer (Shower doubles as "wash-out room")
Vertical Ferric Chloride
Tank
Drying Rack
Draw Knife (for cutting copper sheets)
24" Paper cutter
Dremel
Table Saw
Apple computer with Photoshop
Scanner
Laser printer:
Prints 8.5” wide, 600dpi
B&W Photocopier, prints up to 11x17"
Squeegees: Ranging from 6” to 22”.
Scoop Coaters: Ranging from 10”
to 22”
Paper Soaking Tray
Files, clamps, rulers, spatulas,
Xacto knives
Basic carving tools (for wood or linoleum)
Warming
Mat: for heating etching plates
Included Materials
Spray
Paint: For aquatints
Tarleton and cheesecloth
Silkscreens: Many
on hand. First come, first serve (may not leave Spudnik)
Blotters
Rollers:
variety for relief, 14” synthetic & 10” leather for Litho
Cleaners: SoySolv,
Simple Green, Mr. Clean, Alcohol
Ink Modifiers and basic colors: for litho, etching, relief,
silkscreen
This fall Spudnik Press will offer our first Artist’s Residency. With this program, we will
provide the resources, equipment, and space for an artist who would like to develop a body of print-based work, but lacks
the resources to do so independently. We hope to encourage and enable the production of high quality prints, and to contribute
to the development of an emerging Chicago artist. Please click here to read more about this opportunity and download the application.
