Printmedia: Screenprinting & Papermaking D-164
screen printing, making paper from scratch, mixed media print
Location
Printmedia Screenprint Studio Double Ground (145 Hooper St) Rm. D164
Hours
FALL 2025
All Printmedia Classrooms are closed from 12am (Midnight) until 7am.
*Check Calendar below.
No access during in-session classes.
For studio access before a Noon class, you must be finished by 11:30am.
Access
Access is for authorized persons only. Students, Faculty and Staff should contact the Studio Manager.
The Printmedia studios first and foremost support the classes within the program. Students currently enrolled in these classes, and Printmedia majors, have the priority within the studios and for equipment and supplies.
For graduate students or upper-division project access, please complete the Access Questionnaire.
Orientations are provided by the Studio Manager after you have filled out the Access Questionnaire, and your knowledge of the technique(s) and project proposal have been reviewed.
Access will be granted depending on knowledge and studio capacity. We cannot provide new student access after week ten of the semester.
Orientation
Fall Orientations will run Sept 9 - Nov 3, 2025.
Orientations are available weeks two through nine this semester.
Start the process by filling out the Orientation Access Form.
Once your Access Form has been reviewed, you may receive an email giving you an Orientation date selection. Orientations are not drop in, and they are only for the person who has filled out the form.
Shop Contact
meri@cca.edu 415-551-9221Studio Manager
About the Printmedia: Screenprinting & Papermaking D-164
Screen D-164 is a combination screenprinting and papermaking studio.
Specializing in These Materials
- Ink
- Paper
Tools and Equipment
- Vastex Exposure Unit with a 25" x 36" max screen size
- Screen wash-out area with power washer
- Screen-coating facility with light sensitive emulsion
- Vastex Screen Drying Cabinet
- National paper cutter 16” x 18”
- Hole punch for registrations pins
- Hollander beater (paper-making)
- Hydro-pulper (paper-making)
- Numerous molds for various handmade paper sheet sizes
- Couching screens for drying handmade paper
- Enrolled Screenprint students only: Epson SureColor P5000 for separations from digital files.
Resources
Social
Orientation Dates
SCREEN STUDIO ORIENTATIONS
Screen Studio orientations will be held the first half of the semester.
Start the process by filling out the Orientation Access Form.
Please expect Orientation to take about 1 hour, more if you bring supplies to prep.
The Screen studio supplies 1-2 screens per student, depending on the project timeline.
The studio uses water-based ink only. Limited amounts of ink are available, and you can consult about purchasing from local art supply stores. You are expected to bring your own paper, tape, newsprint, etc.
Orientations acquaint you with the studio, and the equipment you are able to access within it.
Orientations do not teach you how to use equipment. For that, you need to enroll in a class or take credits with a faculty member. You may be asked to show work that you made used the technique you are requesting access to.
You must be able to work alone in the studio, unsupervised, with the technique you have requested access for.
PAPERMAKING ORIENTATIONS
Papermaking orientation are very limited, and you must be an upper-level student who has taken 2 Papermaking classes at CCA, and the faculty will be contacted for your referral.
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