Printmaking
Printmaking allows students to express creativity through the techniques of relief
printing, intaglio, book arts, letterpress, screen printing, photo etching, lithography
and monotype.
ARTD 43A
Creative techniques in fine art printmaking using relief and intaglio processes. Emphasis
is on developing skills, vocabulary and analysis of its aesthetics, historical context,
cultural traditions and craftsmanship through projects, discussion, and oral and written
criticism. Field trips may be required.
ARTD 44A
Creative techniques in planographic printmaking using lithography. Emphasis is on
skill development, vocabulary expansion, and critical analysis of aesthetics, historical
context, and craftsman- ship through projects, discussion, and oral and written criticism.
Field trips may be required.
ARTD 45A
Creative techniques in fine art screenprinting printmaking. Emphasis is on developing
skills, vocabulary and critical understand- ing of the different stencil methods used
in serigraphy. Screen- printing’s aesthetics, historical context and role in contemporary
society are examined through projects, discussion of craftsman- ship and content by
oral and written discussion and criticism. Field trips may be required.
ARTD 46A
Printmaking methods including carborundum prints and collography with the main focus
on monotype and monoprint. Emphasis on developing skills in painterly approaches to
printmaking, its vocabulary, and critical understanding of its aesthetics, historical
context and craftsmanship through projects, discussion, and oral and written criticism.
Field trips may be required. This course satisfies General Education requirements.
ARTD 47A
Contemporary printmaking approaches using a variety of light-sensitive polymer plates,
carborundum plates, and other alternatives to classic printmaking processes. Images
are prepared by digital and manual means and combine new processes with traditional
methods. Emphasis is on teaching graphic art concepts to develop visual statements
and commentary, vocabulary, technical skills, and analysis of printmaking aesthetics,
historical context, cultural traditions and craftsmanship through projects, discussion,
and oral and written criticism. Field trips may be required. This course satisfies
General Education requirements.
ARTD 48A
Personal vision and concepts applied to the book form as contemporary art, the history
and aesthetics of the development of letterforms, creation of illustrative imagery,
and Gutenberg letterpress printing. Emphasis is on the integration of word and picture
in a historic and contemporary context to create visual statements and social commentary
through group projects involving analysis of artist book aesthetics, historical context,
cultural traditions, vocabulary, technique, discussion, and oral and written criticism.
Field trips may be required.
