The Studio - Equipment Set Up
You will find all you need to start screen printing and making with textiles.
IoM’s light flooded studios can be found on floor 1 of The Heart and offers flexible opportunities to attend classes, work independently or with technical support.
As part of Creative Scotland’s Crowdmatch competition with Crowdfunder uk, IoM launched a campaign to raise the studio start up costs in March 2021. The crowdfund campaign successfully raised the funds required with a CROWD of 366 supporters and received £10,000 match funding from Creative Scotland.
The Heart of Newhaven, a neighbourhood initiative, was granted permission to purchase the former Victoria Primary School building from Edinburgh City Council in July 2021 to create an intergenerational hub for the whole community. Working in partnership with the Heart of Newhaven, IoM will become a sustainable model for wider community development and creative education opportunities.
Textiles
We have a 3000mm x 1600mm meter long textile print table with registration bar which gives you the opportunity to print textile samples as well as design and print short repeat lengths of cloth. A smaller 2100mm x 1600mm textile print table is also available for hire.
IoM Studio stocks a water based textile binder mixed with pigment colour ink system - For dying cloth and eco textile printing there is a small induction hob and bullet steamer available for fixing inks.
There is an A3 flat bed heat press for heat fix inks, transfers and heat activated dyes and inks. Irons and ironing boards are also available.
A variety of sewing machines/sewing kits/pattern papers are available as well as an overlocker and mannequins for tailoring projects.
PAPER
We have a large vacuum fine art print press called Cecil, originally housed in Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop on Union Street. Capable of A0 size, it’s equipped with a print arm for large format printing and accompanied with a drying rack with 50 trays. The vacuum area is 1600mm x 1100mm
Water based print medium, acrylic color, tapes and a small range of fine art papers are available to purchase at the studio.
Screens
For screen making there is a large format inkjet printer set up to print directly onto draught film for creating positives, which can print up to A3 from digital images, along with an A3 Scanner/Copier.
A 24” screen imac for preparing files for printing.
We have a 5000w exposure unit for creating photo stencils – Maximum size is approx. 135cm x 105cm.
There are screens for hire in various sizes / mesh counts for cloth and paper. The standard large screen size is 900mm x 1150mm. Plus various coordinating sized squeegees and coating troughs.
We have a back lit washout booth with pressure washer for cleaning screens and a pre-exposure dark drying cupboard.