Rent the Studios

Thanks for your interest in renting the WSW studios! To start the process, please complete the Studio Rental Inquiry Form. All potential renters must complete this form, even if you’ve rented with us before.

All studio rentals are at the discretion of our studio staff with concern to our busy programming schedule. If we feel we can accommodate your rental, a follow-up call will be scheduled with someone from our studio team and a quote will be drafted and shared via email.

If all parties agree to move forward, the following will be required to confirm the rental:

  • Signed copy of WSW’s Code of Conduct 
  • Signed copy of WSW’s Liability Waiver
  • 20% deposit

2026 Rental Rates

$25/hr – base hourly rate

$180/day – base day rate

  • Please note that the day rate is mandatory for renters wanting to leave work out overnight or rent for consecutive days. 

$65/hr – technical assistance from a WSW studio staff member

$40/hr – technical assistance from a WSW studio intern

$50 – one time safety and studio orientation fee to be completed at start of rental. 

  • This is required for all renters. 

$20/day – storage fee

  • This fee will automatically be applied if work is left in the WSW studios after the agreed upon rental period. WSW does not arrange the shipment of artwork.

For kiln rental rates and information, see CERAMICS STUDIO section below

Renters will be responsible for consumables related to the production of their work. Materials prices are linked below posted in the studios under our listed equipment. WSW rentals include access to our ink stock, chemistry, equipment, and tools. You are welcome to bring your own inks or other supplies.

Below is a list of equipment by studio. Please outline what studio and equipment you would like access to in the Studio Rental Inquiry Form.

INTAGLIO STUDIO:

Rentals are for half of this space and equipment. You may specify which press you’d like to work on.

  • Glass top inking table 26” x 8’
  • 30”x 50” Charles Brand Press
  • 26”x 48” Charles Brand Press
  • 26”x 48” Dickerson Combination Press
  • 14”x 23” Craftool Printmaking Press
  • Press blankets
  • Separate acid room with stainless steel sink and 29” x 4’ workspace, equipped with Ferric Chloride and Cupric Salt Etch
  • Trays for etching 11” x 17”, 18” x 24”, and 25” x 30”
  • 20” x 24” hot plate
  • Flexible shaft rotary tool
  • Assortment of woodcut and lino tools
  • Rollers: 18” soft (6” diameter)
  • 18” hard (4” diameter)
  • 14” medium (4” diameter)
  • Assortment of ink brayers from 1.5” to 8”
  • Table for paper soaking and blotting with a 25” x 30” water bath and 29” x 44” blotting area
  • Towel blotters
  • Boards for drying
  • Drying rack 30” x 46”
  • Miscellaneous files, sharpening stones and a coping saw
  • C clamps
  • Wire brushes
  • 36” tear bar and rulers
  • Big Ground
  • Airbrush or spraypaint aquatint
  • Basic cleaners, dawn, veg oil, and odorless mineral spirits

Ink WSW has in stock:

  • Hanco Etching Ink process magenta, cyan, benzidine yellow, white, black
  • Gamblin Black Etching Ink
  • Caligo ink (water soluble inks): white, black, magenta, red, ultra blue, cyan, and yellow
  • Transparent base
  • Setswell Compound
  • Plate Oil
  • Hanco extender base
  • Easy Wipe
  • Tint base extender

Intaglio consumables available for purchase:

  • Gloves
  • Tarlatan
  • Blotters
  • Newsprint
  • Printing paper
  • Copper or plexi plates

SILKSCREEN STUDIO:

Rentals are for one printing station. WSW does not have a set up for oil based inks.

  • 33” x 45” Exposure Unit
  • Darkroom to coat screens
  • 32 linear feet of textile printing surface: 
    • 1 – 45” wide 15’ table with guard rail for registration.
    • 2 – 45” wide 8’ tables that convert into textile tables with no registration bar. 
  • 3 separate printing stations; 2 of them vacuum tables 23 x 31” and 24 x 33”
  • Variety of squeegees from 4” to 34”
  • Drying rack 45” x 68”
  • Sink for washing squeegees and scoop coats
  • Separate wash out room with power washer for washing out and reclaiming screens
  • Screens ranging in size from 18” x 20” to 30” x 40” in 110, 158, 190, and 230 mesh counts
  • Epson ink jet printer that prints 17” and 24” wide film 
  • B+W kyocera laser printer that prints up to 11×17
  • Vertical light table 33”x 45”
  • iMac for image editing and printing (technical assistance by a staff member is required for any film printing)

Renters are responsible for reclaiming screens.  WSW will charge $65 an hour to reclaim any screens.

Ink WSW has in stock:

  • ULANO LX-660 emulsion
  • Speedball Acrylic for Paper: Cyan, Ultramarine Blue, Peacock Blue, Fire Red, Medium Red, Dark Red, Magenta, Process Yellow, Medium Yellow, Black, White, Transparent Base, Extender Base
  • Textile Ink: Speedball Acrylic for Fabric: Black, White, Cyan, Process Yellow, Magenta. 
  • Aquabrite Extender Base

Silkscreen consumables available for purchase: 

  • Gloves
  • UV2
  • Printing paper
  • Newsprint
  • Transparent film by the foot

PAPERMAKING STUDIO:

Rentals are for half of this space and equipment. 

  • One 2lb Reina Beater 
  • Six wooden mallets for hand beating fiber, and 2 sets of metal/rubber mallets
  • 2 Household blenders, 1 drill mixer
  • 4’ x 6’ custom built aluminum vacuum table 
  • 30” x 40” hydraulic press 
  • One 54” x 34” standing vat 
  • One 26” x 35” standing vat 
  • Two 20” x 25” large plastic tubs 
  • Assorted smaller size tubs/vats 
  • Stack dryer 31” x 40” (can stack up to 60 boards) 
  • 4 large strainers
  • Water Marks jet sprayer attachment for hose 
  • Pulp sprayer
  • Fogg-it nozzle heads
  • Squeeze bottles and syringes for pulp painting 
  • Felts of various sizes up to 4’x 6’ 
  • 16” x 24” & 17” x 29” drying boards
  • Western moulds and deckles: 
    • 11.5” x 17”
    • 11” x 22.5”
    • 16” x 20” 
    • 22” x 30” deckle box
  • Student grade moulds 
    • 3.5 x 8.5” Flat (3) 
    • 8.5 x 11” Flat (3)
    • 6 x 9” (2) 
    • 4.5 x 7.5” (2) 
    • 8.5”x11” (7) 
    • 11 x 11” (2)
    • 11 x 14” (2)
  • Su/Getas: 
    • 10” x 11.5” (2)
    • 11” x 14” (4)
  • Vacuum table pour mold 42” x 60”
  • Outdoor gas range for cooking fibers and dyes:
    • 3 16 quart stainless steel pots 
    • 1 7.5 quart enamel pot
    • Soda Ash 

WSW can fill some custom pulp orders in lieu of or before a rental. Please contact [email protected] if interested in a pulp order.

Papermaking consumables available for purchase: 

  • Pulp
  • Dry Fiber and Linters
  • Dye
  • Pellons 
  • Blotters
  • Fabric
  • Paper additives

LETTERPRESS STUDIO:

  • 10”x 15” Chandler and Price Platen Press (electric)
  • (2) 15”x 35” Vandercook #3 Proof Press (manual) –print up to 14” x 18”
  •  20”x34.5” Vandercook SP20 (self inking) – print up to 19.5” x 28”
  • 7”x 12” Small Platen Press
  • 14”x 21” Small proof press
  • 13”x 24” Larger proof press
  • Chases: (8) 7” x 11”, (3) 11” x 17”
  • Furniture, Riglets, Spacing
  • Quoins and keys (various sizes)
  • 9” x 12” magnetic base (MB811-.854-1)
  • 23” x 29” Photo-polymer exposing unit & darkroom
  • Pantone guides
  • Tympan
  • Crisco and Gamsol to clean rollers and brayers
  • Various wood and lead, sizes and typefaces
    • Please email [email protected] if you would like a full list of available lead and wood type in our letterpress studio.
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  • Vanson rubber based inks
    • Opaque White
    • Tack Reducer
    • Pantone Colors
      • Black
      • Warm Red
      • Rubine Red
      • Yellow
      • Reflex Blue
      • Process Blue

WSW requires an additional $200 deposit from all artists setting typeface to be returned upon redistribution of type.

Letterpress consumables available for purchase: 

  • Printing paper
  • Newsprint
  • Proofing paper
  • Letterpress photopolymer plates
  • Gloves

CERAMICS STUDIO:

As we work towards our new upgraded facilities, we are only offering kiln rentals at this time. You may rent a full kiln, or a portion of a kiln in a shared community firing. To request a kiln rental, please email [email protected].

Full Kiln Rental Rates: 

Kiln rental requests must be made at least 2 weeks in advance of the date needed for staff to be able to properly coordinate the schedule. Approval of kiln rentals are subject to schedule availability. Please complete the Full Kiln Rental Request Form to get the process started.

Rental fees are listed below, and must be remitted prior to the kiln firing. Once WSW staff have confirmed your rental, you will receive an invoice by email. 

  • Small kiln – 2.5 cubic feet, shelf size 16” 
    • $45 for cone 4 or bisque
    • $55 for cone 6 
  • Large kiln – 10 cubic feet, shelf size is 26” 
    • $65 for cone 4 or bisque 
    • $75 for cone 6 
  • Mandatory $15 kiln loading fee

A WSW staff member will be loading and firing the kiln and will contact the artist when work is available for pick-up. Please allow one week from the drop-off date for work to be ready for pick-up.

Community Kiln Firing Rates:
Our community firings at WSW will be scheduled every other week. To reserve space in a community firing, please complete the Community kiln participation form. Participants in the community firing will each receive a shelf with the following dimensions (17’’ x 10’’ x 24″). All work that fits on the shelf will be fired.

Work must be dropped off by the day before the firing. The cost to participate is $25 per firing.

  • Bisque firings will be on the first Monday of each month. 
  • Glaze firings will be on the third Monday of each month.

We request that only cone 6 clay and glazes be used for these firings. Check with us if you are using a clay or glaze that is different from those we typically use in the studio.

Work will be ready for pick up on the Monday following each firing. Please pick up your work within one week. A $20/day storage fee will be implemented if work is left longer than one week. We have limited shelf space and cannot store work here long term so this policy will be strictly enforced.

Ceramics consumables available for purchase: 

  • $35 for 25lb bag of clay
  • $25 for pint of glaze