Undergraduate Course: Fine Art Printmaking: An introduction to multiples as artistic expression and strategy (ARTX08082)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | Printed images are ubiquitous even in a century that invites us to go paperless, digital and ephemeral. We continue to print posters and leaflets, information and art.
Fine art prints are original works of art that are made in multiple: they are not reproductions of works in other media, but images where meaning is invested through the media of woodcut, screen print, lithography etc. Reproduction may be used as a means of dissemination and communication, but may also be an extension of the creative process: a means of creating variations on a theme, or of producing large installations through repetition of a small number of modules.
This course asks you to explore your ideas through printmaking. You will be introduced to basic printing techniques that allow you to be creative and make images that are both original and unique as well as in multiple.
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| Course description |
This course will be launched with a lecture about the use of print in contemporary art so that students have an immediate insight into the possibilities created by print technology for their artistic practice. There will be a field trip to visits archives of prints and workshops out with ECA to see a wide variety of printed material from different eras.
There will be introductions to printing techniques in the print workshops at ECA that will allow them to experience the possibilities inherent in different mediums and prepare them to make work independently in the workshops. They will then be asked to plan individual suites of prints. To assist them in planning their individual projects they will be asked to present their work in a group critique and demonstrate how they plan to use print. Workshop sessions with the support of the tutor will allow for individual and group discussions to continue as they develop their work and a final group critique will allow them to present their work to the group and discuss their completed suite of prints.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Priority will be given to those on a degree programme in the School of Art, but enrolment for outside students will open in Welcome Week. |
| Additional Costs | Students are expected to pay for Art Materials and Equipment. Specific materials and equipment costs will vary depending on students individual choice of method of production. |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Investigate and demonstrate a range of print methods and an ability to develop your subject matter through them.
- Show evidence of an ability to utilise multiple and reproductive techniques that are appropriate and enhance for your ideas.
- Produce a body of finished prints that display your control of technique and imagery working together.
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Reading List
Installations and Experimental Printmaking, Alexia Tala London: A&C Black 2009
Richard Hamilton: new technology and printmaking Alan Cristea Gallery 1998
Printmaking at the Edge, Richard Noyce London: A&C Black 2006
Printmaking: Traditional and Contemporary Techniques, Ann d'Arcy Hughes, RotoVision 2008
Printmaking: a complete guide to materials & processes, Bill Fick, Beth Grabowski, London: Laurence King, 2015
Ana Maria Pacheco: Twenty years of printmaking, Pratt Contemporary Art 1994 |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Students will gain knowledge of contemporary art and how artists define multiples, reproductions, unique and original images; the course demands that these terms are considered critically and supports the analysis of image-making through printmaking. |
| Keywords | Printmaking,Multiples,Reproduction,Screen-print,Relief printing |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr John Brown
Tel: 0131 221 6063
Email: john.brown@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Yijia Chen
Tel:
Email: ychen7@ed.ac.uk |
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