PRINTMAKING COURSES ARE OPEN!
Printmaking is a Studio Art discipline centering around the many ways of transferring an image from a matrix to a surface.
SPRING 2017 COURSE OFFERINGS:
ETCHING ASTU 3310, 4310, 5310.501 Monday Wednesday 11AM – 1:50PM
Intaglio is the printing process where ink is wiped into a recessed surface while the raised smooth surface is wiped clean then printed using a high-pressure etching press. Kinds of intaglio prints include: dry-point engraving, etching (line-etch, soft-ground, aquatint, etc.), metal plate engraving, photo-polymer plate intaglio, etc.
RELIEF ASTU 3340, 4340, 5340.501 Monday Wednesday 2 – 4:50PM
Relief printing is a process where the raised surface of a planar matrix is inked and printed. Kinds of relief prints include: linoleum cut prints, wood cut prints, polystyrene cut prints, photo-polymer relief prints, wood engravings, etc. In our shop relief prints are printed with an etching press or by hand with a barren.
ARTIST’s BOOKS ASTU ASTU 3305, 4305, 5305.501 Tuesday Thursday 11AM - 1:50PM
We teach Artist’s Books as a means of engaging a traditional discipline of book binding within a context of making fine art. This class lays a foundation with a variety of binding techniques and engages conventions of sequential imagery, bound imagery, and narrative contexts in fine art. Artist’s bookmaking is an excellent cross-over for artists who normally work in photography, drawing, fibers, sculpture and other disciplines.
SCREENPRINT ASTU 3320, 4320, 5320.501 Tuesday Thursday 2 – 4:50PM
Screenprinting is a printing process using a stencil that clogs the pores of a polyester fabric mesh. The stencil can be hand painted into the screen, a piece of cut paper or film, or a photo-emulsion that is exposed in the screen. The artist uses a squeegee to press ink through the mesh and onto a surface.
MONOTYPE ASTU 3315, 4315, 5315.502 Tuesday Thursday 5 – 7:50PM
Monotype is the printing process where ink is transferred from an unstable matrix. Monotypes can be printed using a smooth piece of Plexiglass where ink is in an additive or subtractive manner or using paper stencils. Monotypes are the one kind of printmaking that cannot be printed identically.
