Facilities

Camberwell College of Arts has a range of professional workshops and facilities.

Printmaking

Camberwell's printmaking centre gives students access to both traditional and digital facilities. Our technicians support students in making work using digital, screen, mono and relief printing, plate and stone lithography, letterpress, aquatint and etching.

Digital Media

Camberwell's library provides students with access to equipment and training. Students can use programmes such as Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects and Final Cut Pro.

Photography

Camberwell's photography centre has a range of darkrooms and specialist equipment available for students. There is also a digital darkroom which is used to teach BA Fine Art Photography students photographic digital workflows.

Multi format fibre darkroom

• Black and white darkroom for tray processing
• 10 enlargers configured for a variety of formats
• Fibre based printing only

35mm black and white resin darkroom

• An Ilford resin coated paper processor
• 9 enlargers

Black and white film processing room

• Daylight tanks or trays for large format

Photographic studio

• Used for learning photographic studio techniques
• Production of work in still and video formats
• Flash and constant lighting are available

Specialist print darkroom

• Cyanotype, liquid emulsion, salt and albumen printing
• Enlargers and a space for toning

Colour print darkroom

• An RA4 processor for colour negative printing
• 5 enlargers

3D Workshops

Camberwell's 3D workshops allow students to make work in metal, ceramics, plastic and wood.

• Metal - metal guillotine, sand blaster, forge, grinding, metal saw, plasma cutter, MIG, TIG and spot welding
• Ceramics - glazing lab, kilns, plaster room, spray booth and working area
• Plastic - 3D printer, laser cutter, vacuum former, milling drill, hot wire
• Wood - ban saws, table saw, panel saw, router, belt sander
• Foundry - metal casting

Camberwell Accessibility Project

In 2018 we carried out an audit on the accessibility of our sites and decided that works were necessary for Camberwell Peckham Road, specifically to the Grade II listed buildings which make up C and D Blocks. The Camberwell Accessibility Project started in June 2024 and is due to be completed by the end of the 2025 calendar year.

All students and staff will have full access to studios and workshops during term time and the Camberwell shop will return to Peckham Road from Wilson Road for the start of the academic year. The Dark Room and Letterpress will remain at Wilson Road for the duration of the next academic year, with the Colour Dark Room open at Peckham Road, in line with the summer term times.