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Laser Cutting Facilities
e-mail Address: Jesse.Heckstall-Smith@uwe.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)117 3285864
The Centre’s Laser Studio has three flat bed laser cutters for cutting or engraving into paper, card, wood, plastic and fabric. The three machines vary in power and size, ranging from a bed size of 50 x 70cm to 100 x 150cm.
We are trialing a new charging and booking system for the laser studio which will make more time available at only a slight increase in price. There will be four, 1.5 hours slots that you can book on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and/or Fridays from 9.30-11am, 11.30-1pm, 1.30pm - 3pm and 3.30pm - 5pm.
The cost is £50 per slot for the 10 watt and 30 watt machines or £80 if you want to use our large 200-watt laser. This price is regardless of what is cut, so the better prepared you are, the more that you'll get done for your money. If you want to book a half day the cost is £100 for a 3 hour session on the smaller machines and £150 for the large 200 watt machine (and you can share a slot between two people).
A laser cutter can also be booked for a whole day for between £250 and £350.
Groups of 2 people can hire the studio for a day (7-Hours) for £500. Groups of 3 people can hire the Studio for £600 per day.
When we take your booking we ask for a 20% deposit.
Design work is charged at £40 an hour and we have a minimum set-up charge of £25 which includes the first 15 minutes cutting (5 minutes on the 200 watt laser). We provide technical support and your session will be overseen by Tom Sowden. Tom is the AHRC Research Fellow in Artists' Books at the CFPR, he has recently been awarded funding to carry out research into the long term potential of laser cutting technology for artists. Tom also works part-time as a Senior Technical Instructor in Laser.
Studio Equipment
Laser Cutters:CadCam technology FB1500 200 watt
CadCam technology FB700 10 watt
CadCam technology FB400 30 watt
Extraction:
Purex Laserex 9000/5000 FC
Computers: 3 Hewlett Packard PCs,
4 EMacs
Software: ApS-Ethos laser cutting software
The Centre also offers Continuing Professional Development courses in laser cutting for both experienced practitioners and those new to laser cutting.
Artist residency programme:
We can provide 1 to 1 Laser cutting and engraving expertise for artists, this is typically charged at £1000 per week for use of the studio with 1 full day of technical assistance included. The Artist also pays for any materials on top of this fee. Please send applications with a project proposal, portfolio and CD of images or call us to discuss your individual requirements.
Terms and Conditions of Deposit
The organisation or individual making a booking are required to pay a deposit of 20% of the total fee upon booking. This deposit is not re-fundable if the organisation or individual do not give UWE written notice of cancellation of the booking within 14 days of a booking date.
If the organisation or individual give more than 14 days of notice of cancellation prior to a booking date the deposit will be re-funded less any reasonable University of the West of England, Bristol (“UWE”) administration costs. If UWE has to cancel the booking at UWE’s sole discretion and through no cause of the booking organisation or individual UWE will refund the 20% deposit if paid by the organisation or individual and if UWE and the organisation or individual cannot reasonably agree a revised booking date.