About Our Studio

LETTERPRESS:

Vandercook SP-20 Press

Signmaker (Line-o-Scribe Proofing) Press

Kelsey Excelsior 5×8 Clamshell Press

Over 200 cases of type along with assorted cuts

Drying rack

SCREENPRINTING:

Screen Exposure Table

Photo emulsion and screen coaters

Washout booth

Printing space with screen clamps and a table-top 6-color press

Squeegees

Print drying rack

BINDING:

Book press

High capacity and long reach staplers

Assorted binding tools

Stack paper cutter and Kutrimmer 1080 cutting shear

ETCHING PRESS:

Conrad E-15 etching press

Sturges 4 etching press

Speedball brayers and ink knives

Suitable for woodcut, linoleum, monotype, collagraph. Please note we are not set up with acids for intaglio plates

PAPERMAKING:

2lb Reina beater (available to trained Keyholders)

Assorted small moulds

Vats

Felts and pellon

Stack drier

Tabletop hydraulic pres

RISOGRAPH

Risograph MZ 790 U

6 drums (black, fluorescent pink, bright red, blue, green, yellow)

COMPUTER LAB

Windows PC

Canon 100 InkJet Printer (Can print larger transparencies for screen printing).

Black and White standard laser printer.

11 by 17 scanner.

For studio and equipment access, see our Become a Member page for details on different levels of membership. Alternatively, sign up for a workshop, or join us as a volunteer!

We have an ADA accessible entrance on Reinhard Street. To be let in during Open Hours, please call the studio phone at (267) 630-1632. For all other requests, please email studio@phillysoapbox.org