GVA1221

Minor printmaking 1

C Durre

6 points
* 5 studio hours per week
* First and second semester
* Gippsland

Objectives On completion of this subject students will have been encouraged to establish a basic understanding of the methods and materials associated with the practice of printmaking; and challenge their personal artistic preconceptions and extend their expressive base by exploration and experimentation in a graphic, as opposed to a painterly, sculptural or photographic, sensibility.

Synopsis This subject is designed to introduce the student to the practice of fine art printmaking. Lectures and demonstrations will be held as an introduction to the processes of one or two of monotype, relief, intaglio or planographic printmaking and the materials and methods associated with these processes. Concentration on a particular medium or process such as intaglio, lithography, relief printing or artist books will be offered by the lecturer teaching this subject.

Assessment Artistic and conceptual development: 45%
* Technical achievement: 45%
* Contribution to critiques: 10%

Recommended texts

Gilmour P Understanding prints: A contemporary guide Waddington, 1979
Gross A Etching, engraving and intaglio printing OUP, 1970
Hayter S W About prints OUP, 1962
Peterdi G Printmaking Macmillan, 1959
The painterly print Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980
Wenniger Collagraph printmaking Van Nostrand, 1971

Periodicals

Imprint Magazine Print Council of Australia
Tamarind Technical Papers U New Mexico, 1975 to current issues