Printmaking Expanded Wallpaper, Wearables, Whatever
Stephanie Hunder
Wednesdays 1:00-6:00 p.m.
This course nurtures concepts and strategies for approaching installation, constructed objects, or wearable art through a print-based lens. Printmaking is ubiquitous in contemporary culture and therefore uniquely positioned to address personal, social, and political concerns in an endless variety of forms, both referential and invented.
Students will be introduced to designing and printing repeat patterns for paper and fabrlo through the creation of modular systems, motifs, networks, and non-repeating repeats, in addition to large-scale printing techniques and surface printing for unique three-dimensional forms and site-specific environments. Students will apply baste screen printing and rellef techniques in the production of works that interrogate nottons of place, identity, and the everyday.
Artists books and paper as art will be discussed. Prerequisites: Foundation: 3D, Foundation: Drawing 1.
Post Digital Printmaking
Natasha Pestich
Tuesdays 1:00-6:00 p.m.
This course introduces students to contemporary printmaking trends and concepts in relation to digital technology.
Emphasis is placed on experimentation and discovery through various techniques, including exposure to CNC and laser cutter technology for making printable matrices, the inkjet printer as a painting tool, the scanner as a camera, and the production of hybrid prints that combine digital printing, papers, and fabrics with traditional print. Through screen printing, relief, artists" books, and digital output, this class considers the shift and overlap of old and new techniques as a vital investigation of contemporary visual culture.
Contemporary artists working in digital and print-based media are discussed. Prerequisites: All foundation studio requirements, one printmaking or book arts course.