Printmaking

Printmaking is an art form that involves transferring images from a matrix, or template, onto another surface, usually paper or fabric. A printmaker creates the matrix out of wood, metal, glass or other material, using tools or chemicals to work the surface into an image. The artist then inks the template and transfers it onto another surface. Its historical significance is rooted in the need to reproduce an image multiple times bringing the cost of a work of art down and more accessible to the masses to enjoy instead of just the few elites.

This is an introductory course in the history and practice of Printmaking that will explore the development and contemporary practice of Print as an art form. In this class, students will survey the processes of relief-printing (linocut woodcut), intaglio (etching, drypoint ), and Screen-printing.   Each class will be supplemented with lectures on history, process and demonstrations. This class is recommended for drawing, painting, photography and graphic design majors, but a prerequisite is not necessary.  Art 110 Drawing or Art 120: 2-D design are recommended starter courses that will inform the theory of two-dimensional space.