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Facilities

Zea Mays Printmaking is located in a beautiful, bright, 2,500 sq. ft. studio in the prominent Arts and Industry Building in Florence, Massachusetts (just outside of Northampton). The Arts and Industry Building houses over 100 artist's studios and small businesses and has a regional reputation as the workspace of some of the area's most creative people. Zea Mays is a state-of-the-art printmaking studio.  We have two studios within Zea Mays, the main studio and the private Annex studio.

artists working in the studio

The Main Studio

  • 1 - 32" x 60" Takach etching press
  • 1 - 24" x 40" Takach etching press
  • 1 - 24" x 36" Rembrandt Pelican etching press
  • 1 - 18" x 24" Showcard relief press
  • NuArc UV plate exposure unit
  • airbrush booth for aquatints
  • full plate processing facilities including vertical etching tanks with ferric chloride
  • hotplate
  • plate cutter
  • print drying unit
  • 8 - individual workstations
  • exhibition space
  • library of books and periodicals

The Annex

  • 1- 42" x 70" Takach etching press
  • 3 large work tables
  • private studio

click on a photo below to see a slideshow of our facilities.

the studioThe studio as seen from the gallerythe large Takach pressPresses and work tablesThe paper tearing tabletakach etching pressRelief PressThe gallery and the lunch tableThe galleryThe Airbrush boothThe drying cabinetWork tablesThe presseswork tablesThe hot plate and more work tablesThe studio with the pressesThe dirty sink and one of the vertical etching tanksThe vertical etching tanksThe pressesRollersThe darkroomThe officepart of the LibraryThe Flat FileThe kitchenthe lunch tablethe plate shearthe hot platedryingrackbrayersthe drying boxThe Annex