Union St Printmakers provides the following print services:

  • Mentoring

  • Editioning your plates

  • Process Notes to get you started

  • Associate Member print studio access at Stone & Quoin Studio 6 Manton St Hindmarsh

Mentoring

If you need assistance in solving technical problems or developing your print practice, you may wish to book a one-on-one session with Simone.

  • Always by appointment, best arranged several weeks in advance, pending studio and calendar availability. Week day afternoons preferable.

  • Please email Simone to check availability, advise your time frame and a concise description of the kind of assistance you are looking for. (Brief, dot pointed descriptions are perfect.) Simone will then telephone for a brief chat about your needs, and to make an appointment.

  • Hourly sessions: $90 per hour (+ GST). Minimum booking 1 hour, additional time charged in 30 minute increments. Can cover demonstrations, problems solving (with prints, plates, equipment, inking, printing and cleanup), as well as discussion/feedback on process. If the studio/classroom can be shared by others at the same time as your booking, no studio hire is required. (If you require sole access to the classroom, studio hire fees are $45 for a half-day and $95 for a full-day.)

  • Half-day sessions: 3 hours, morning or afternoon, Sundays-to-Fridays at 6 Manton St Hindmarsh (pending studio bookings).

    Half-day fee: $240 (+ GST & possibly studio hire $45), incl most materials, studio tea/coffee provided.

  • Full-day sessions: 5 hours, Sundays-to-Thursdays at 6 Manton St Hindmarsh (pending studio bookings).

    Full-day fee: $400 (+ GST & possibly studio hire $95), incl most materials, BYO lunch, studio tea/coffee provided.


Mentoring can be:

  • Formal, funded through a grant or institution. For example, mentorships with Rosina Possingham (ArtsSA mentorship), Meng Zhang (ACE Open mentorship) and Lauren Simeoni (Guildhouse mentorship).

  • Informal - organised direct by artists - as needed.


To enquire further, please email Simone.

Editioning

Simple editioning services are available with advance notice.

If you do not have access to a press, are time-poor or your favourite part is making your plate - rather than printing it - then you may wish to have Simone print your plates for you.

  • Please email Simone to check availability and advise your time frame.

  • Provide Simone with your block, paper torn/cut to size, colour samples and/or a BAT print to work from. She'll take care of the rest.

  • Fee: $90 per hour (+ GST), including set up and cleaning. Includes inks and miscellaneous consumeables. Minimum booking 1 hour, additional time charged in 30 minute increments.

  • The number of prints that can be pulled in an hour will be determined by the kind of print, the condition of your plate, your paper and the complexity of the print required.

  • As a gauge - when the print gods are smiling - 90 minutes with a perfectly cut and stored (and flat!) 30x30cm lino block, a perfect registration sheet, pre-cut/torn (and flat!) print paper and pre-cut tissue paper can result in 10-20 single-colour prints, including set up and cleaning. (The number of prints will be determined by the complexity of your lino block, the way in you’ve carved it, and the ways in which your plate and paper have been stored.

  • When relief printing - rubber and vinyl plates are best avoided - lino or marmoleum only please.

  • Always by appointment, best arranged several weeks in advance.


To enquire further, please email Simone.

Great notes…


These processes are each distilled into double-sided A4 summaries to help you print effectively and well. They are updated regularly, as materials and suppliers change, so the latest version appears below. (They are also the notes you receive when you enrol in the workshops for beginners printmaking, drypoint, lino printing , tetrapak printing, kitchen lithography and printing without a press, so if you are regional or interstate, they may help with basic problem solving.)

Click for a free sample - Acrylic Drypoint in a Cylinder Etching (Intaglio) Press - to give you an ideas of what kinds of things the notes cover.

The remaining sets of notes can be downloaded for AUD $15 each, or the complete set for AUD $50:

  • Cardboard Drypoint in a cylinder etching press such as the Enjay RP12 or Dorothy-the-Die-Cutter.

  • Tetrapak Printing in a cylinder etching press such as the Enjay RP12 or Dorothy-the-Die-Cutter.

  • Monoprinting in a cylinder etching press such as the Enjay RP12 or Dorothy-the-Die-Cutter (image c/- artist Lisa Young).

  • Kitchen Lithography in a cylinder etching press such as the Enjay RP12 or Dorothy-the-Die-Cutter.

  • Lino Printing in a cylinder etching press such as the Enjay RP12 or Dorothy-the-Die-Cutter (image c/- artist Lisa Young).

  • Adhesive Foam 1 & Adhesive Foam 2 in a cylinder etching press such as the Enjay RP12 or Dorothy-the-Die-Cutter.

  • Scratcher Foam in a cylinder etching press such as the Enjay RP12 or Dorothy-the-Die-Cutter.

  • And each of these processes can be printed in a regular cylinder etching press such as the Enjay RP12 as well as Dorothy-the-Die-Cutter.

  • To order these notes, please email Simone.

Studio access hire

Stone & Quoin Studio at 6 Manton St Hindmarsh is available for hire to printmakers who are Associate Members in 4 hour increments.

Workspace hire includes access to intaglio and relief cylinder presses (with blankets and lino bearers), an inking table, print drying racks, paper table with cutting mat, waterbath with towels, work bench, basic cleaning materials, tea and coffee making facilities. Artists to provide their own paper, inks, intaglio materials (dabbers and tarlatan) and brayers.

Artists will be required to demonstrate proficiency and undergo an induction before using the workspace. The workspace can only be hired when a studio manager (Simone or Damien) is in attendance, so best arranged several weeks in advance.. 

For Associate Member studio bookings of the Stone & Quoin print studio or hire of Geoffrey (our small portable press) please click here and then email Studio Managers Damien Warman and Simone Tippett.
* New STONE & QUOIN STUDIO website coming soon *

Workspace availability is determined by teaching schedules and prior bookings.

Please note: the workspace may be booked by several artists at a time when more than one press is available. Likewise, it is possible for the workspace to be simultaneously booked for relief, intaglio and screenprinting.

To enquire further, please contact Damien by email (damien.warman@icloud.com) or text (‭0401 287 839‬).