Editioned prints of greater scope and complexity are undertaken, consistent with the student's interest and experience. The course offers students an opportunity to explore the integration of type and relief image in unique and editioned book structures. Wood engraving, photopolymer relief, color reduction printing, and related traditional and contemporary methods of multiple image making processes will be pursued.
Special emphasis is placed on development of a personal visual language.
Some of the structures covered include pamphlet binding, mult-signature books, clamshell boxes, portfolios, accordion structures, and oriental binding. Emphasis will be placed upon both the use of archivally sound materials and the use of these structures as vehicles for the students' creative expression. Light-resists can range from photogram objects to drawing and paintings, to film or paper negatives. Processes covered are VanDyke brown, cyanotype, gum bichromate, and palladium printing. Monoprinting ideas from direct drawing and oainting on plexiglass and metal plate is also explored.