Help Build CopyCat’s First Print Studio!
We’re raising funds to equip our first print space and inviting you to help make it happen. This campaign focuses on purchasing essential equipment first while we continue working toward our own studio setup, and gives you a way to be part of CopyCat from the start.
$8,820 raised
Ink Friend - Any amount (suggested $25+)
Get the ink flowing!
You’re helping us get things running and the studio set up. Choose this option if you want to support us in any dollar amount without getting “stuff.”
First Edition T-shirt - $50+
Be a part of our first squeegee pulls!
People have been asking about these t-shirts for months – here’s your chance to grab one! More info, like sizes and photos, here. Available in adult and youth (CopyKitten) sizes.
Includes:
CopyCat t-shirt (pre-order) - shipping/pickup in July
Squeegee Dreams - $200+
Get inky with us!
Experience one of our fun one-day workshops while supporting our first print space.
Includes:
CopyCat t-shirt (pre-order) - shipping/pickup in July
A free one-day workshop – offer valid for 12 months. Until we are in our own print space, we are currently teaching workshops monthly out of Ocelot Print Shop.
Prints Charming - $500+
Make some prints!
You’re making the studio real, and getting more time in the studio to make your charming prints in one of our six-week classes.
Includes:
CopyCat t-shirt (pre-order) - shipping/pickup in July
A free six-week class – offer valid for 12 months. Until we are in our own print space, we are currently teaching classes monthly out of Ocelot Print Shop.
Serigraphy Superstar - $1,000
A small group supporting our start in a big way!
Enjoy a private session and provide a direct hand in getting the studio professionally equipped.
Includes:
CopyCat t-shirt (pre-order) - shipping/pickup in July
A free private small group screen printing workshop (you and a few friends) or a custom 4-hour session to work on your screen printing project with our guidance – to be scheduled within 12 months (scheduling based on studio availability – contact us with questions). Until we are in our own print space, we are currently teaching workshops out of Ocelot Print Shop.
Terms of Participation
All workshop and class credits are valid for 12 months from the date of purchase and are redeemable with CopyCat’s programming currently underway for now at Ocelot Print Shop (until we are in our own space), which is at least one multi-week class and one one-day workshop per month. For redemption after purchase of Squeegee Dreams and Prints Charming, once you see which workshop or class you’d like to take, email us and let us know which session you’d like to be in and we will put you on the roster. More info about redemption will also be emailed to you after purchase. Physical rewards (t-shirt) will be fulfilled on the timelines listed. By supporting this campaign, you are helping us purchase essential equipment and build out our first print studio. Thank you!
CopyCat is a printmaking studio that supports a growing and inclusive printmaking community in Detroit by offering affordable access to professional printmaking equipment, classes, and studio space for anyone to learn and practice printmaking.
We’re ready to start building the foundation for CopyCat’s next phase, beginning with core studio equipment.
With this equipment and our own studio space, we can offer:
More workshops & classes
Open studio hours
Affordable access to printmaking equipment & tools
Your support goes directly toward purchasing (let us know if you have any of this equipment and you’re looking to get rid of it):
Exposure unit - 36” x 48”
Drying rack
Squeegees, screens & hinge clamps
Screen storage & darkroom infrastructure
Wet/dry shop vacuum
Etching press blankets
Moving costs to move our etching press & hydraulic paper cutter
If you’ve taken a class, come to a workshop, or believe in what we’re building, we’d love your support at any level. And if you know someone who’d want access to a community print studio, send this their way.
Not in a place to contribute financially? Sharing this campaign, donating equipment or supplies, following us on social media, and spreading the word all make a real difference. Thank you!