FNA1501

Printmaking 1B

6 points - 12 hours per week including 4 studio hours and 8 independent study hours per week - First semester - Caulfield and Gippsland - Prerequisites: None - Corequisites: None - Prohibited combinations: FNA1401 - Elective

Objectives On successful completion of this subject, students should have basic skills in several printmaking techniques; appreciate the concept of a formal language of and techniques of the print image; appreciate the concept of a suitable motif for printmaking; have emerging skills in the perceptual analysis of objects; be able to consider studio practice in the light of certain critical, conceptual and theoretical issues of contemporary printmaking; understand and practice the principles of occupational health and safety practices in the studio.

Synopsis This subject introduces students to a range of procedures and techniques through set projects. Although conceptual, aesthetic and theoretical concerns are addressed, this subject primarily focuses on developing students' technical and perceptual skills. Several printmaking techniques are introduced as well as projects concentrating on line, tone and composition. Teaching is by group and individual tuition. Health and safety procedures are taught and practiced in the printmaking studios.

Assessment Folio (including an initial project of not less than 20%): 100%

Recommended texts

Gascoigne B How to identify prints Thames and Hudson, 1986
Gilmour P Ken Tyler: Master printer Australian National Gallery, 1986
Goldman P Looking at prints drawings and watercolours British Museum, J Paul Getty Museum, 1988
Griffiths A Prints and printmaking British Museum Press, 1996
Hughes R Culture of complaint OUP, 1993
Loraw E Ceramic compositions U California, 1963
Rosenthal M Artists at Gemini GEL Abrams, 1992

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