Print Lab Drop-In

If you need extra time outside of our typical Print Lab hours to work on your projects, you can now request additional time in our print studio! Whether you’re working on an etching, linocut, lithograph, or another printmaking project, we’re excited to offer the Sacramento community more opportunities to use our printmaking facilities.

Drop-in hours may be available when staff and studio space allow. Requests must be made at least 24 hours in advance. To request a time, call us at (916) 448-2985 or email education@vergecontemporary.org.

Please note: Availability depends on equipment access, and hours/days are subject to change based on our class schedule.

MEMBER $10 per hour / GENERAL $15 per hour

Presses
• Charles Brand etching press, 32″ x 52″ (large format)
• Takach press for lino, monoprint, and relief
• Griffin lithography press with scraper bars
• Rutherford lithography press

Equipment and Materials
• Lithography: Stones and materials available
• Relief printing: 8” x 10” grey lino, carving tools, and rollers
• Etching: Edinburgh etch for copper, with ferric chloride acid coming soon for zinc. Ventilated
room for acid. Other important items: asphaltum, hard ground, and soft ground available
• Screen printing: Small screens, UV exposure unit in a dark room (no vacuum table), red light in
dark room, table boards with clamps, squeegees, scoop coaters, and washout sink (high grade
dishwashing handle for washout, no pressure washer)
• Ink provided for all methods
• Stonehenge paper available for proofing
• Additional tools: tear bar, soaking baths, hot plates, drying racks, and all the essentials for each
process