RELAY RIDGE

Printshop

Check out our printmaking workshops!

Are you a printmaker needing access to a printmaking studio?

PRINTSHOP MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION:

We offer key access to the printshop for only $100/mo, which includes:

  • full access to the printshop 7 days a week – 6am-9pm daily
  • a locker
  • flat file drawer
  • consumables such as oil/water/soy-based inks*, newsprint, shop rags, solvents, screen emulsion… 
    • *screenprinting inks are not included
  • access to common spaces in Relay Ridge such as kitchen, lobby, and spray room
  • opportunities to participate in Open Studio nights and other community events

AVAILABLE EQUIPMENT

  • Presses
    • Ettan etching press – 24″ x 48″
    • Conrad etching press – 12″ x 24″
    • Craftsman etching press – 24″ x 48″
    • Potter Proof press – 17″ x 26″
  • Screenprinting equipment
    • vacuum exposure unit, large tables w/ hinges, powerwasher & washout booth, range of squeegees, community screens to use
  • Brayers & Rollers
    • 14″ Conrad roller
    • Takach brayers (8″, 3qty 10″, 12″ + specialty minis 1/4″, 1/2″, 3/4″, 1″)
    • multiple Speedball hand brayers of all sizes
  • Vintage Chandler & Price Manual Guillotine Paper Cutter, 24″
  • 2 nipping (book) presses & punching cradle
  • tear bar & self-healing mats
  • light table
  • large paper drying rack
  • coming soon: ferric chloride etching

HOW CAN I BECOME A PRINTSHOP MEMBER?

If you’re interested in becoming a member, please fill out the membership application in the link below!

At this time, all printshop members must have prior experience in printmaking. We will ask to see samples of your work, conduct an orientation, and sign appropriate legal documents before keycard access is granted.

For those interested in printmaking & using the printshop but do not have prior experience, we offer introduction printmaking workshops to the community. We can offer key-card membership after completion of a couple classes on case-by-case basis. Our goal is to have both Relay Ridge and the user to feel confident and safe using the printshop independently.

Check out currently offered classes here: https://relayridge.org/workshops/

Printshop Membership Application

Strength and Support within the Knoxville Community.

At Relay Ridge Printshop, not only will you find a wonderful space to be a printmaker and meet other local artists working with prints, you will find unique oddities and historic items within this printshop. Nearly every item in this shop* was gifted, traded, built, refurbished, bargained, salvaged, repurposed, or custom-built by Andrew Messersmith. This printshop quietly holds a history of Knoxville’s printmaking community and the city’s generosity and support for artist spaces. In addition to Ashton Ludden collecting and hoarding print equipment for years before being able to expand, many of these items came from local printshops, artists, businesses, and educational spaces.

*with the exception of our brand new washout booth, which was purchased through the generosity of the Ann & Steve Bailey Opportunity Grant.

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