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Facilities

Gilkey Center for Printmaking

The Gilkey Center for Printmaking supports lithography, letterpress, book making, relief, monotype, intaglio, gravure, screenprinting, offset, and Risograph in a studio filled with natural light. Tea time is at 3pm every day.

Gilkey Center for Printmaking at PNCA

Tools, Features, and Resources

Studios
Dedicated studios for intaglio and relief, screenprinting, letterpress, and lithography

Presses
Four intaglio/relief presses, three Vandercook letterpresses, three lithography presses, and one Mailander offset press

Letterpress
Letterpress studio with more than 200 drawers of lead and wood type

Book-making
Book-making equipment including guillotines and perfect-binding machine

Screenprinting
Screenprinting studio with large-format OLITE exposure unit, light tables, two washout booths, 12+ printing stations, and a 4' x 17' yardage screenprinting table

Aquatint Box

Litho Stones
More than 100 traditional lithography stones, ranging in size from small to very large

Exposure Room
Dedicated exposure room for photo-litho, photopolymer, and photogravure processes

Exposure Units
Three vacuum exposure units for photo-sensitive processes

Copper-plate
Dedicated room for copper-plate etching baths

Risograph
GR1700 and RZ220 Risographs

Storage
Individual storage spaces for each student working in the print studios

Printmaking Store
Printmaking Store is open during weekdays, that affordably sells hard-to-find materials, tools, and papers

State-of-the-art ventilation

Natural Light
Large windows in each studio, and a large skylight, that bring in natural light

Print Archive
Extensive print archive, including many prints and items from Gordon Gilkey

Fabrication Lab
Access to the with 3-D printers, plotters, milling machines, and vinyl cutters

Digital Print Studio
Access to the Digital Print Studio with large format inkjet printers

Documentation Studio
Access to the Documentation Studio

A student working in PNCA's printmaking
Creative Technology Lab

Creative Technology Lab offers our students, undergraduate and graduate, as well as Portland's creative and tech communities, opportunities to learn about and explore emerging technologies, augmented and virtual reality, (digital) fabrication and prototyping, creative coding, data science, systems-thinking, the internet of things and smart technologies, creative entrepreneurship, STEAM, and privacy and security. Our ever-expanding equipment list includes technology such as a Trotec Speedy 300 Laser Cutter, TAZ 3D Printer, Replicator Mini 3D Printer, Replicator 2X 3D Printer, CNC Router, Large Format Printer, Roland GX-24 Vinyl Cutter, and XY Plotter.

Creative Technology Lab at PNCA
Documentation Studio

With industry-standard equipment, is available to students of all experience levels to document 2D and 3D work.

Documentation Studio at PNCA

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