Undergraduate Course: Developing Artists' Books (LLLA07113)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | THIS IS A FOR-CREDIT ONLY COURSE OFFERED BY THE OFFICE OF LIFELONG LEARNING (OLL); ONLY STUDENTS REGISTERED WITH OLL SHOULD BE ENROLLED
This course will enable students to focus on developing sustained and personal visual content and ideas within the wider context of the ¿book form¿. Printmaking and mixed media techniques will be used as a way of generating ideas to develop into artists' books. The use of diverse materials and scale will be looked at in the work of artists such as Anselm Kiefer and Kiki Smith and also where the discipline of the artist book lies in contemporary art practice. |
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Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- By the end of the course, through attending classes and engaging in directed and independent study, students should be able to:
RESEARCH
Demonstrate an informed approach to a range of different possibilities offered by the book form in artistic practice.
- PRACTICE
experiment with mixed media and printmaking and develop ideas within the context of the artist book
- PRESENT
develop, design and make at least one finished artists¿ book derived from personal research and exploration.
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Reading List
Recommended
Bury, S., 1995. Artists' books: the book as a work of art, 1963-1995. Aldershot: Scolar Press.
Bodman, S., 2005. Creating artists' books. London: A&C Black.
Weitman, W. and Wye, D., 2006. Eye on Europe: prints, books & multiples, 1960 to now. New York: Museum of Modern Art.
Bodman, S., ed., 2011. Artist's book yearbook 2012-2013. Bristol: Impact Press.
Johnson, Robert Flynn, 2001. Artists' books in the modern era 1870-2000: the Reva and David Logan collection of illustrated books.
Smith, Keith, 2001. Books without Paste or Glue, Volume 1. Keith A Smith Books
Smith, Keith, 1998. Bookbinding for Book Artists. Keith A Smith Books
Coldwell, Paul, 2010. Printmaking: A Contemporary Perspective. Black Dog Publishing
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Ability to make effective use of book making techniques
Skills in designing ideas for artists¿ books
Understanding of process for transforming visual ideas
Ability to undertake research and reflective practice and apply these in the context of artists¿ books within visual culture
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Robbie Bushe
Tel:
Email: r.bushe@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Sherrey Landles
Tel: (0131 6)50 4400
Email: s.landles@ed.ac.uk |
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