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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
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Relief, Intaglio, and Screen Printing will be investigated
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Understand print editions and artist proofs and monoprints
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Support structures for printing
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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.
Learning outcomes and graduate attributes
GA1: Intellectual rigour,
GA2: Creativity,
GA3: Ethical practice,
GA4: Knowledge of a discipline,
GA5: Lifelong learning,
GA6: Communication and social skills,
GA7: Cultural competence| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 |
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| 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
- 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
- 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
Prescribed texts may change in future study periods.