Facilities & equipment

There are dedicated illustration studios with natural lighting for workshops, independent and group working. On campus, there are digital media suites programmed with design software for high-quality print production; printmaking studio with relief and block printing, plate or stone lithography, intaglio, letterpress, photopolymer plate printing and screen-printing; and a modern library with a wealth of books, journals, special collections and online resources.

Illustration Studios, UCA Farnham

Illustration Base Rooms

Room: B123/124/125
Illustration Studios, UCA Farnham

Illustration Base Rooms

Room: B123/124/125
Equipment hung up in the Farnham Print Room

Print Workshop & Letterpress Area

Room: Y01

  • Four screenprinting tables
  • Manual etching press
  • Electric etching press
  • Columbian relief press
  • Albion relief press
  • Three direct litho presses
  • Western 4c letterpress
  • Two intaglio hot plates
  • Glass-topped workstations with inks and relevant equipment (eg rollers and palette knives)
  • Small darkroom with exposure and developing areas
  • Acid room

Room: Y02

  • 100 drawers of lead and wood type
  • Typesetting area
  • Relief/letterpress
  • Photopolymer
  • Plate maker
Interior of the Digital Print Studio

Digital Print Studio

Room: R51/53

This room contains:

  • R53/51 Duplex Printer
  • Vinyl cutting plotter
  • Epson sure colour P5000
  • Epson sure colour P8000
  • Epson sure colour T5200
  • Epson P 800
  • Epson 3880
  • Canon pro 1000
Interior of the Laser Cutting Studio

Laser Cutting Studio

Room: R07

This room contains:

  • Two universal laser machines (X660)
  • Four ultimaker 2D/3D printers
  • Two Roland MDX 540 mil CNC routers
  • Eligo Mars 2 pro resin printer
  • Lisa X sintering 3-D printer
Student in UCA Farnham library

UCA Farnham

This is our largest library space, which includes:

  • 55 iMac workstations
  • 41 PC workstations
  • 4 study pods with electrical connections and monitor
  • 2 study pods without monitor
  • 5 DSA Loanable laptops (students can borrow from the library only if approved by our Disability staff on DDA grounds, for an agreed period)
  • Large collection of LGBTQ+, Fashion, Feminist, Photography, Mental Health and Illustration Zines
  • Archives
     
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