The Circus printshop has everything you need to get printing. Our facilities include:

  • flat bed graphic press with vacuum for screen printing on paper

  • four-color carousel for screen printing on clothing and graphics

  • combination etching/lithography press with 20” wide bed

  • stretching table to make your own screens

  • 24” inkjet printer for printing film positives

  • custom press for screen printing on skateboards

  • full printmaking dark room, including 40” vacuum exposure unit and washout booth

  • second darkroom for film developing

  • backdrop and lights for photography

  • P.A. system for live events

  • A heat press for printing on clothing instantly

  • Cylindrical heat press for printing on mugs, bottles etc.

A photo of the Circus printshop, showing a large etching press in one corner of the shop.
A custom built press to screenprint on skateboard decks.
Prints drying by a flatbed screen printing press.
A custom-made screen on the skateboard screen printing press.
One of the printshop's ink storage cabinets, covered in stickers, with a screen stretching station in the background.
Dyring racks for screen printing and one of our screen stretching tables.
A variety of scoop coats for coating screens in emulsion during the screen printing process.
A community member using our screen printing press to print a purple abstract image onto a mirrored paper.
Custom built paper drying racks that hang from the ceiling of the printshop.
A large run of a four-color screen prints on paper dries in the shop. Yellow, blue, red, and black inks are used for a modernist feel.
Expect to get dirty at the printshop, but don't worry, we have aprons. Some, like the one pictured here, almost look like a piece of modern art themselves.
Another run of prints dry at the shop, hanging from our three custom paper drying racks. Our flatbed press can be seen in the foreground.
An overhead shot of a community member printing on the flatbed screen printing press. They are holding a squeegee in their hands as they stand over the press.
An overhead shot of a community member printing on the flatbed screen printing press. They are holding a squeegee in their hands as they stand over the press.
An overhead shot of a community member printing on the flatbed screen printing press. They are holding a squeegee in their hands as they stand over the press.
A four-color carousel press used for screen printing shirts or any fabric.
A custom-made screen on the skateboard screen printing press.
A young child wants to make some music with the help of a live performer at one of our community events.
Community members explore the space at one of our community open house events.
A cylindrical heat press, used for making custom mugs and water bottles.
We have a photo backdrop and a set of photography lights if you want to take a photo of that cute shirt you just printed.
Our large screen stretching table lets you reclaim old screens that may have become ripped or damaged over the years.
We have a second dark room, with an enlarger, just for analog photography developing.