The printmaking studio is equipped with for woodblock and etching. It contains two excellent etching presses and work surfaces separate from the printing area. It is available to students to continue their projects when classes are not scheduled. Michael Kirk Various approaches to printmaking are explored, from wood block and linoleum cuts to etching.
Students learn the technical knowledge in order to carry out their visual ideas in graphic media.
The skills needed for carving wood blocks and printing by the Japanese method in black and white, as well as color, give the student the ability to express their pictorial ideas. Japanese and German Expressionist prints are studied as examples. A comprehensive study, including intaglio-printing processes such as drypoint, etching, aquatint, soft ground, lift ground and engraving, developing in students a critical awareness and sensitivity to line and value as expressive elements in printmaking. Includes bookmaking and bookbinding.