Overview
The SRISA Printmaking Department offers one of the best-equipped and most broad-ranging print facilities in Italy. Students have a full range of technical possibilities, including Relief Printing, Etching, Stone Lithography, Photo-mechanical Processes, Oil and Water-based Mono-printing, Letterpress, Bookbinding, Papermaking, and Digital Technology.
Many classes incorporate a wide variety of mediums, and students can pursue crossover techniques in which a number of processes are used. Students at SRISA often move back and forth from letterpress to the computer, from the computer to the press, and from the press to the darkroom in a seamless fashion.

Courses
Courses offered include Printmaking I, Printmaking II, Woodcut and Serigraphy.  In Printmaking I, students are first introduced to simple one-color relief prints and then graduate to multi-color relief, intaglio, monotype and photomechanical processes; while in Printmaking II students are encouraged to build on their prior experience in printmaking and learn more advanced processes in order to develop their personal approach to image making.  Courses in Woodcut and Serigraphy allow students to explore those processes in greater depth.

Instruction & Class structure: Semester Studio classes meet for two three-hour session per week, and students have ample time outside of classtime during the week and weekends. Classes consist of lectures, demonstrations, and open studio.During summer sessions classes meet four days per week and students have the same additional acess as the semester students.

Supplies: SRISA supplies most of the required materials with a lab fee. Studetsn purchase their own printing papers, personal tools and drawing supplies.
Facilities:

SRISA has three intaglio presses, the largest of which is the motorized Bendini press with a pressbed width of 105 cm	The SRISA print shop is the most complete and modern facilty in Florence, and specializes in non-toxic and alternate print methods.
The Tackach combination press can be easily swiched from intaglio to lithography.	The professional exposure unit is used for ImageOn, Solarplates, computer generated transparencies, and many alternate printmaking techniques.
	The printmaking studio has a complete letterpress shop, with a large collection of lead and wooden type. SRISA students use the Mark Lander beater to make handmade paper that they use for their journals and relief prints. Classes in Book Arts include bookbinding and letterpress.