Working from our Exeter city centre base, Double Elephant Print Workshop offers courses, resources and support to professional printmakers, artists and beginners alike.
About
The aims of Double Elephant Print Workshop are:
to provide open access to fine art printmaking resources and equipment
to encourage and support everyone to discover their creativity
to offer a full range of courses in printmaking including outreach to schools, our community and marginalised groups.
to provide high quality exhibitions, print sales and an editioning service.
to maintain a friendly, accessible, environmentally healthy and solvent-free working environment.
Take a look around to find out more about our printmaking courses, our fully equipped studio and becoming a member.
DEPW currently has over 100 artist members from across the south west of england. We support professional and emerging artists as well as those new to printmaking. In addition we work with groups of people normally excluded from mainstream arts activity, both in our workshop and off-site through our portable workshop facilities. Each year we work with over 3000 children, young people and adults through our outreach programme. Most of our work is based throughout Devon, but our outreach extends across the South West.
Hours & Location
Address
Lower Ground Floor & First Floor
Exeter Phoenix
Bradninch Place
Gandy Street
Exeter
Devon
EX4 3LS
Opening Hours
10am - 9.30pm every day (check Exeter Phoenix for building closures)
There is no parking at Exeter Phoenix, except for one parking space for disabled customers. We are a short walk from many long stay car parks https://exeter.gov.uk/car-parking/car-parks/find-a-car-park/. We are also a short walk from Central Station and the bus station. Alternatively, use the Park & Ride to bring you into the centre.
Visitors welcome on Wednesdays without an appointment – otherwise contact us.
Contact
info@doubleelephant.org.uk
Our Workshops
We have two printmaking spaces at Exeter Phoenix:
Print Workshop
Lower Ground Floor
Double Elephant’s light and airy studio can be found on the lower ground floor of Exeter Phoenix. Our facilities include:
Bewick and Wilson 30inch etching press
Bewick and Wilson 24inch etching press
1830s Albion relief press
Acrylic resist etching and photo etching facilities
Portable Rollaco etching presses
A range of rollers, cutting tools and plate-making materials
Screenprint Studio
First Floor
Double Elephant’s dedicated screenprinting studio is located on the first floor of Exeter Phoenix. It includes:
Natgraph all-in-one Photo Stencil Exposure Unit
2 x Vacuum Screenprint tables
2 x 2mt fabric printing tables
Large format Acetate printer
Screen washout booth and pressure washer
We have a wide range of professional inks, papers and other essential materials available for studio users to purchase.
Contact us if you’d like to find out more.
Editioning and 1:2:1 Support
We work closely with individual artists to edition their prints. Plates for a print are made by the artist or in collaboration with the workshop. We will then print a series of 10, 25, 50 or more to the highest standard. This is a growing area of work and one that demands a rare and exacting expertise.
We are very keen to work in collaboration with artists of all disciplines to create a print project from scratch – we can advise on the appropriate process and work jointly on plates, printing and editioning. For more information on all our services, please get in touch.
Prices vary depending upon the nature of the job, the size of the edition and the type of print process. We can edition etchings, collographs, relief prints and screen prints. We have a large range of examples of work already completed.
