Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| Online |
Unit description
Investigating the technical foundations of Printmaking, this unit considers the role of printing as an historically rich artistic form in relation to other art forms and as a contemporary medium of art practice. The unit provides students with an in-depth introduction to hands-on skill development in a variety of printing processes with an emphasis on types of printing, paper supports, grounds, inks, colour, mediums, and a consideration of their works in the context of contemporary visual art.
Unit content
- Relief, Intaglio, and Screen Printing will be investigated
- Understand print editions and artist proofs and monoprints
- Support structures for printing
- Technical competence with different techniques
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | demonstrate an open, independent and inquiring attitude towards contemporary cultural developments and new ideas | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
| 2 | design and produce artworks using basic printmaking techniques as a special means of creative and critical expression, with particular reference to etching and relief printing | Creativity | ||||||
| 3 | demonstrate understanding of the context of printmaking in the national and global field of contemporary art culture | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
| 4 | articulate the theoretical, conceptual and historical rationale of their work | Intellectual rigour | ||||||
| 5 | demonstrate an understanding of the differing methodologies to printing mediums, support, representations | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
| 6 | apply the rules of occupational health and safety appropriate to the discipline practice | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- demonstrate an open, independent and inquiring attitude towards contemporary cultural developments and new ideas
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- design and produce artworks using basic printmaking techniques as a special means of creative and critical expression, with particular reference to etching and relief printing
- GA2: Creativity
- demonstrate understanding of the context of printmaking in the national and global field of contemporary art culture
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- articulate the theoretical, conceptual and historical rationale of their work
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- demonstrate an understanding of the differing methodologies to printing mediums, support, representations
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- apply the rules of occupational health and safety appropriate to the discipline practice
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
Prescribed texts
- No prescribed texts.
Teaching and assessment
| Teaching method |
| Tutorial online Three (3) Hours Weekly (12 weeks ) |
| Assessment | |
| Creative work | 40% |
| Creative work | 60% |
Fee information
Domestic
Commonwealth Supported courses
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Commencing 2020 Commonwealth Supported only. Student contribution band: 1
Fee paying courses
For POSTGRADUATE or UNDERGRADUATE full fee paying courses please check Domestic Postgraduate Fees OR Domestic Undergraduate Fees
International
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