Cambridge School of Art facilities

Our Futures Lab is a digital workshop that comprises a variety of computer-aided manufacturing machines. It will allow you to learn up-to-date manufacturing and design processes as well as aid and support you in many traditional techniques. The technologies you will be find in the workshop include:

3D Printers & 3D Scanners:

• FDM printers - Two Tiertime UP300 large build volume printers
• Material-specific extruders, one for ABS and other high temperature filaments; one for lower temperature filaments such as PLA; another for TPU, a flexible polyurethane
• SLA Formlabs printers – Form 3 & Form 3L, scalable prototyping and super high detail
• SLS Formlabs Fuse1 - production-ready nylon 3D printing with compact selective laser sintering (SLS) platform
• Structured light 3D scanners - EinScan Pro 2X Professional 3D digitising solution for a versatile range of applications – capture 3D models of medium to large size objects with high efficiency

2D Printing and Cutting machines:

• Laser cutters: An LS1290 fitted with a 80W CO2 laser for processing paper, card, fabrics, plastics or wood; an LS1390 Multi-Cut hybrid laser machine that will cut metal (mild / stainless steel) as well as non-metals such as acrylics, plywood’s, and MDF
• Roland BN20 Vinyl printer & Cutter - with eco-solvent inks and a range of material compatibility and integrated contour cutting, perfect for creating t-shirt graphics, poster prints, stickers and decals
• Gerber Substrate cutter - a large bed, high-speed, single- or low-ply static table cutting system designed to cut a wide variety of materials. Ideal for fabric, paper & card
• Mimaki TX300P sublimation printer - a high quality, versatile, direct-to-textile inkjet printer, ideally suited to applications such as fashion, furnishing, soft signage and exhibitions

• Hand tools and power tools including battery drills, jigsaws, multi tool, router, hand sander, hammer drill, and Proxxon finishing tools
• Bandsaw, panel saw and chop saw
• Disc sander, belt sander and spindle sander
• Laser Cutter
• Spot Welder
• Vacuum Former
• 3 electric kilns
• Glaze spray booth
• Wenger potters’ wheel
• Brent CXC potters’ wheel
• Leach kick wheel
• Spray room
• Air bench
• Plaster area for sculpture and mould making
• Fan assisted oven
• Wax pots
• Installation Spaces

• HD rostrum cameras and traditional lightboxes
• Cintiq pro 24 and latest digital 2D animation software
• The latest Adobe creative cloud software
• Dedicated stop-motion room with lighting set-up
• 3D modelling and compositing software, including Autodesk Maya
• Motion capture equipment
• Access to 4k cameras, lighting kits, Wacom tablets and a range of other equipment
• Life drawing and illustration studios

Dedicated fashion workshops with a variety of industrial sewing machines, and specialist machines including:

• Jersey cover sew machine
• Bias binder machine
• Variety of overlocker machines; 3, 4, and 5 thread
• Buttonhole & bar tack machines
• Walking foot machine for heavy duty fabrics including leather
• Heat presses for textile work
• Saori looms
• Knitting machines and Ribber
• Embroidery machines with Wilcom software
• Seam-sealing machine
• Long arm quilter
• Monti Antonio heat press

• Black and white darkroom with Colenta roller transport paper processor and wet tray printing. 13 enlargers for 35mm, medium format (all sizes) and 5 x 4 negatives
• Colour darkroom with Colenta roller transport paper processor and RA4 chemistry. 5 enlarger booths with a variety of enlargers for 35mm, medium format (all sizes) 5 x 4 and 10 x 8 sheet film negatives
• A film processing room for black and white film processing in small tanks, (35mm, 120mm and 5 x 4)
• A bespoke digital suite with 20 iMacs, flat bed and virtual drum scanners. A variety of Epson professional large format inkjet printers, to produce A4, A3, A2, A1 and A0 prints
• A lecture room with print finishing facilities
• Three photographic studios with Profoto lighting and a wide range of Profoto accessories. A fluid space with interchangeable backdrops
• An extensive range of analogue and professional digital cameras and lenses. Canon, Sinar, Nikon, Pentax and Hasselblad to name a few

Facilities for Etching (zinc and copper), Screen-printing, Off-set lithography, Relief printing, Monoprint (plate and off-set), Photopolymer plate printing, Letterpress and Risograph.

• Main Workshop: 3 x Hand presses; 4 x Etching presses; 2 x Off-set presses; Traditional Aquatint booth; Electric paper guillotine; Drying rack; Risograph duplicator (twin drum)
• Screen printing: 6 x Screen printing hand tables; 2 x Exposure units; 2 x Drying cabinets; 4 x Drying racks; Washout room with backlit washout booth and pressure washer
• Letterpress workshop: 2 x Hand presses; Swiss proof press; Farley press; Plenty of type

A professional and digital art gallery that shows touring exhibitions of international standing as well as student work