Design & Digital Workshops | University for the Creative Arts

Our extensive Design & Digital Workshops are cutting-edge hubs designed to foster innovation and creativity in the digital realm.

Housing a host of industry-standard digital equipment including Zund plotter/cutters, laser engravers and a 4-Axis CNC milling machine. We also have 3D printers, 3D scanners, CAD and Arduino stations.

Based at UCA Farnham, the hackSpace is a high-performance environment enabling students to learn, explore, experiment, invent, innovate and transform 2D into 3D – bringing ideas to life using the latest technologies.

Campus: UCA Farnham

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Glass Technican, Laura, working in the glass shop

Explore the studios with our Glass Technician

Equipment & technology

Laser Cutting Studio

Room: R07

This room contains:

Two universal laser machines (X660)
Four ultimaker 2D/3D printers
Two Roland MDX 540 mil CNC routers
Eligo Mars 2 pro resin printer
Lisa X sintering 3-D printer

Glass Hot Shop

Room: R08

This room contains:

400KG capacity glass furnace
Four glory holes
One pipe warmer
One pipe cooler
One centrifuge
One large front-loading glass kiln
One small front-loading glass kiln
Two top-loading glass kilns
Two large annealers

Print Workshop & Letterpress Area

Room: Y01

Four screenprinting tables
Manual etching press
Electric etching press
Columbian relief press
Albion relief press
Three direct litho presses
Western 4c letterpress
Two intaglio hot plates
Glass-topped workstations with inks and relevant equipment (eg rollers and palette knives)
Small darkroom with exposure and developing areas
Acid room