Print Printmaking for Beginners and Improvers
A00051
This course will enable you to investigate various printmaking processes including collagraph, linocuts and monotypes.
Course Content
Course aims:
• You will make printing plates, and complete a print, from at least three families of printmaking including stencil, lithography, intaglio and relief.
• You will learn safe and productive working in a print studio, covering health and safety and using machinery.
• You will make prints using the Columbian and Rochat presses.
• You will learn how to generate prints from a range of starting points including drawing and photography, and understand where printmaking fits in the history of art and design as well as in current UK creative industries.
If you are a returning learner you will:
• Discuss your aims with your tutor and come up with some achievable personal targets for the course.
The course will enable you to develop your ideas into printmaking and give you an in depth understanding of print processes. You can either work from a set project brief or develop your own personal project. The emphasis will be on experimentation and idea development. Developing images and preparing your printing plates or blocks between sessions would allow you to maximise the printing time in the studio.
Print processes available include:
Monotypes
Linocuts
Collagraphs
Due to legal Health & Safety requirements we have suspended our etching processes until we have safe alternatives in place.
Entry Requirements
To be eligible for this course you must be 19 or over on 31st August prior to the course start date.
This course is designed for both beginners and those with some experience who wish to further develop their understanding of printmaking
First Class Requirements
Useful items to bring to classes:
Pen, pencil, ruler, craft knife or scalpel and any sketchbooks you want to work from, photographs or ideas about images you like. Cotton rags.
Essentials:
Apron or something to cover clothes with, and enclosed shoes.
Attendance Requirements
Assessment Methods
• We use oil based printing inks and white spirit in the print studio; disposable gloves are provided.
• Ink will be provided by the college but you will need to purchase paper, printing plates and lino from the college print room (or source you own).
• Best practice is to keep a sketchbook for technical notes, recording ideas and developing compositions etc.
• Bring to the first class pencil, pen, cotton rags and a range of brushes (nylon/hog hair). Wear appropriate clothing as printmaking can be messy.
This specialist course has been identified to run with fewer numbers due to either the student demand for the course and subject area or the need for increased one to one tuition. This course will be able to run with only 6 learners and will have a maximum of 10 in the class.
Additional Information
• We use oil based printing inks and white spirit in the print studio; disposable gloves are provided.
• Ink will be provided by the college but you will need to purchase paper, printing plates and lino from the college print room (or source you own).
• Best practice is to keep a sketchbook for technical notes, recording ideas and developing compositions etc.
This specialist course has been identified to run with fewer numbers due to either the student demand for the course and subject area or the need for increased one to one tuition. This course will be able to run with only 6 learners and will have a maximum of 10 in the class.
