ART 318 - Printmaking II

Printmaking II is an advancement of technique, skill, and conceptual maturity learned in Printmaking I. Students will learn the technical processes of relief printmaking including woodcut, linocut, polymer plate printing, and metal type-high letters and forms; the intaglio process of etching, dry point and solar plate printing processes; and silk screen printing using various stencil media. In addition, as an expansive medium, printmaking includes other techniques in the making of multiples such as hand papermaking, watermark and pulp painting techniques, digital printing, and multiple object making. Students are also expected to develop aesthetic and conceptual practices as they explore the media, allowing their curiosity to experiment with techniques to problem solve their visual work.

Prerequisites: ART 218

Course Typically Offered Variable

Credits: 3