The Printmaking Centre
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​The printmaking studios are welcoming spaces open to all. You will be working alongside students from all levels and courses so our studios offer the perfect opportunity for inter-disciplinary practice. 
The knowledgeable, friendly Printmaking Instructors will work with you to satisfy the individual needs of your project. You will be able to learn how to print limited editions, multiples, books, posters, zines, printed ceramics - the only limit is your imagination. In Printmaking at UWE Bristol the digital and traditional analogue print processes work together harmoniously.
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The Printmaking Centre is divided into five studios: 
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• The Etching Studio supports many aspects of intaglio printmaking such as drypoint, aquatint and many other related processes such as embossing. 

• The Lithography Studio offers traditional stone and offset photographic litho.

• The Screenprinting Studio has eight vacuum tables for work up to A1+ on paper and many other substrates such as wood, metal, ceramic and glass using water-based inks and transfers. 

• Printed Textiles provides water-based photo-silkscreen process for fabric and other substrates well as dye technology and heat transfer. 

• The Relief Print Studio contains three Albion presses dating back to the 1850s which are mainly used for linocut, woodcut and wood engraving. It also has a separate Letterpress room with two Vandercook Proofing Presses, and over 250 fonts of metal and wooden type.

• The Publishing Lab  consists of three rooms and is open to all types of publishing, from simple zines to hardback books and digital publishing. We have a wide range of tools and equipment which you can use for binding and foil embossing. It also houses a reference library of artist books.