Students are encouraged to use various techniques experimentally and in service of their personal imagery. Printmaking 1 concentrates on Intaglio printing from metal plates onto paper. Photo etching and beginning color printing will be explored. Any Drawing course or 2D Fundamentals One unit. This course continues with a focus on advanced intaglio printing.
Students also explore monotypes single images made from paintings on Plexiglas.
This course stresses developing individual ideas in printmaking and ends with an exchange of editioned prints between members of the class. Printmaking 1 or permission. Occasionally This course will contrast the traditional definition of the print as a drawing medium, with the potential of the computer to edit, recombine, manipulate and print images digitally. Beginning in the printmaking studio with the technique of etching lines on metal plates, students make prints and learn to use the marks and textures of printmaking. The second half of the semester explores how making art has changed conceptually, because images are stored digitally.