ARTS 329 - Special Topics in Printmaking

Credits: 3 Prerequisites: ARTS 227 and instructor consent. This course focuses on a problem or theme in printmaking, such as sequential or series of images, production of large-scale prints, simple alternative technique, digital processes, image with text, etc. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.

Winter 2021, ARTS 329A-01: Special Topics in Printmaking: Experimental Printmaking (3). This course will combine traditional printmaking processes (relief, planographic, stencil and intaglio) with experimental techniques including digital printmaking, laser cut, collagraph collage, pattern production and carborundum printing. Emphasis will be placed on new materials (recyclable, biodegradable or found material), non-traditional surfaces, non-traditional media and experimentation. Further emphasis will be placed on composition outside the traditional rectangle and installation. The course will include demos, image presentations, critique and studio sessions. Beavers. Beavers.