Workrooms
Etching/Solvent Room
The solvent/etching room is accessible to artists and class students. It has exhaust ventilation. Only ferric chloride solution is used for etching.
Equipment
- Aquatint box (fits plates up to 24” x 36”)
- Hot plate (18” x 24”)
- Plate cutter (37″ width capacity)
- Eye-wash
- Extra long workbench (30” x 144” steel with laminate top)
- Washout sink (23.5” x 47”)
- Miscellaneous trays, solvents, degreasers
Darkroom
The darkroom is accessible to artists and class students. It has exhaust ventilation.
Equipment
- Vacuum exposure unit (fits screens with outside dimensions up to 38” x 46”)
- Vacuum exposure unit (fits screens with outside dimensions up to 48” x 72”)
- Screen washout sink with back-panel light (55” x 80” maximum screen size)
- Power washer for screen cleaning
- Stainless steel sink with hoses (35” x 90”)
- 2 high speed fans for screen drying
- Full size refrigerator for photo chemistry and emulsion
- Scoopcoaters, squeegees, fans, blow-driers.