Atelier Meridian is a state of the art printmaking facility, featuring 5 presses in the spacious 1200 square foot studio. Clean air, ventilation, workspaces and material choices all add up to a health friendly work environment where the layout of the well-lit space facilitates every aspect of the artists’ creative process.

We provide all the tools to create Etchings, collagraphs, monotypes, woodcuts, letterpress and Lithography. Artists can rent press time by the day, week, or month. We also provide assisted Monotype sessions, contract printing of editions, and workshops.

Full Membership: $125 a month. Unlimited access, 24-7, with the exception of those times when a workshop is in session. Includes black and brown ink, solvent and newsprint, ink modifiers, use of etching facilities. Storage of personal supplies available.

A wide variety of printmaking paper is available for purchase at our cost. Monthly members receive 20% discount on workshop fees. PAN members receive 10% discount on membership and workshop fees.

EQUIPMENT

The Atelier has 4 presses at this time:
Takach Etching press, 34” x 60”
Takach Etching press, 24” x 48”
Dickerson combination Litho / Etching press, motorized, 27” x 48”
Chandler & Price 1926 letterpress

Etching facilities include 19 x 25 inch vertical etching tank with ferric chloride acid, hotplate, drying racks, print-flattening area, rosin box.

Small solarplate exposure unit

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