TinkerMill Shop: Ink & Vinyl

Transform your creative ideas into professional-quality products with TinkerMill’s Ink & Vinyl Shop! Whether you’re a hobbyist looking to personalize items, or entrepreneur launching a brand, this Shop provides the tools to bring your vision to life. Create custom t-shirts, bags, posters, and more with vibrant, durable prints with our screen printing set up, or use our cutter plotters for details vinyl design and intricate paper projects.  

Shop Captains

Slater (they/them)

Contact Info: natalie.slater@tinkermill.org, and active on our Slack for members

Bio: “With an MFA in printmaking and a long-running love affair with screen-printing, I’ve inked my way through just about every printmaking technique out there. I originally got my master’s to teach at universities, but now I’m stoked to share all my printmaking obsessions with you through our screen-printing classes and whatever other inky (& vinyl) adventures come our way!”

 

Liz Dmitruk

Contact Info: elizabeth.dmitruk@tinkermill.org, and active on our Slack for members

 

Contact them both at inkandvinyl@tinkermill.org

  • UV light box
  • Screens
  • 4-color screen printing press
  • Squeegees
  • Power washer
  • Spray nozzle
  • Cricut Explore Air 2 cutter/plotter
  • Heat press (15″x15″)

A certification class is required before accessing screen printing equipment independently in this shop. These classes are regularly listed on our calendar when available, otherwise contact inkandvinyl@tinkermill.org

  • Screen Printing 101 Certification Class: Learn how to use the Four-Color Screen Printing Press. This class will grant members access to the screen printing press using their own screens. 
    • Cost: $65 each for nonmembers and $50 each for members. 
  • Screen Printing 102 Certification Class: Learn how to burn and reclaim screens. This certification will teach members how to clean out their own screens safely.
  • Screen Printing 101 & 102 Combo Certification Classes Available: offered as traditional and “freestyle” approach.
    • Cost: $115 for nonmembers and $100 for members
 
*The heat press and Cricut do not require certification for member use. Please refer to our visual guide here for the heat press, and the Cricut please watch the YouTube video here if you are not familiar. 
 

Age requirement: Ages 12+ to attend the class with a parent or legal guardian also taking the class. Minors must be supervised by their legal guardians at all times. 

*Nonmembers are welcome to attend these certification classes, but only members can use the space independently after certification.

Certified members can bring nonmembers with them in the shop as a guest. 

In addition to being a member, there is additional cost to use shop space. Shop use fees for time and consumables are used to maintain each of the shops. 

Time and Consumable Use:

Time Use Fees:

  • $10/half day, $15/day
  • Graphtec/Cricut: $2/hour

Consumable Fees: (weigh inks and emulsion prior to opening to calculate in grams amount used, you may also use your emulsion and water-based inks)

  • Emulsion $0.05/gram
  • Water-Based Inks $0.05/gram
  • Vinyl and stencil film at $1/sq ft
  • Plotter paper at $0.10/linear ft

More classes are in development including a Design-for-Screen Printing workshop! 

We encourage you to practice these skills independently and ask for help. Further instruction is possible upon request. Contact Shop Captain for more opportunities. 

Reservations on our Google Resource Calendar (members only) are not required but receive precedence. 

TinkerMill provides PPE, although you are encouraged to have your own. 

Slack Channels (members only) – #ink_and_vinyl and #graphtec-cutting-plotter