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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
- 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: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | demonstrate an open, independent and inquiring attitude towards contemporary cultural developments and new ideas |
| 2 | design and produce artworks using basic printmaking techniques as a special means of creative and critical expression. |
| 3 | demonstrate an understanding of the differing methodologies to printing mediums, support, representations |
| 4 | articulate the theoretical, conceptual, and historical rationale of their work. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- demonstrate an open, independent and inquiring attitude towards contemporary cultural developments and new ideas
- design and produce artworks using basic printmaking techniques as a special means of creative and critical expression.
- demonstrate an understanding of the differing methodologies to printing mediums, support, representations
- articulate the theoretical, conceptual, and historical rationale of their work.
Teaching and assessment
Fee information
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