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Week 1 |
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Class 1 |
Introduction to Course, Materials, Syllabus, Expectations
Slideshow. Original prints showing various techniques.
Assignment: Buy supplies, read handout, prepare preliminary sketches/ideas for first print. |
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Week 2 |
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Class 2 |
Lecture and Demonstration: Preparing the Plate and Hard Ground
Introduction to the studio, safety issues, anatomy of the press, about hard ground, plate preparation.
In Class: Prepare plates (cut, bevel, polish), apply hard ground. Time permitting, draw into plate.
Assignment: Draw into plate |
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Class 3 |
Demonstration: Biting the Plate and Printing
In Class: Draw on Plate. Bite and print as needed.
Assignment: Continue working on your print. Even if not finished, bite and print. |
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Week 3 |
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Class 4 |
Demonstration: Burnishing and Regrounding. Printing. continued
In Class: Work on your print
Assignment: Finish your print. Print. |
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Class 5 |
Lecture and Demonstration: About Paper, About Editions and Editioning Different types and uses of paper for printing explained. Editioning and signature conventions explained.
In Class: Mini-critique of first print
Assignment: Prepare ideas for soft ground print |
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Week 4 |
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Class 6 |
Demonstration: Soft Ground Drawing
In Class: Work on next print
Assignment: Work on print |
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Class 7 |
In Class Soft Ground Transfer
In Class: Work on soft ground print
Assignment: Continue work on print. Incorporate transfer into it. |
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Week 5 |
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Class 8 |
In Class: Continue work on print.
Assignment: Complete your print. |
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Class 9 |
Lecture and Slideshow and Demonstration: Aquatint
Box rosin, handheld rosin, spraypaint, air brush pros and cons. Resist possibilities: crayon, marker, stop out, contact paper, burnishing, etc.
In Class: Start new print. To include aquatint.
Assignment: Work on your print. |
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Week 6 |
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Class 10 |
Demonstration: Aquatint, continued, Mezzotint and Drypoint
In Class: Speed painting, work on your print
Assignment: Work on your print. |
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Class 11
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Lecture: Introduction to Color Printing and Ink
Additives, extenders, transparencies, stiffness, color oxidation
Demonstration: A la poupee and stencil rollups
In Class: Work on your print
Assignment: Complete your print |
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Week 7 |
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Class 12 |
Demonstration: Chine Colle
In Class: Start a new print involving color in some way
Assignment: Work on your print |
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Class 13 |
Demonstration: Lift techniques: Sugar Lift
In Class: Work on your print
Assignment: Work on your print |
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Week 8 |
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Class 14 |
Demonstration: Transfer Techniques: Newspaper transfer, wintergreen oil xerox transfers, "straw hat" litho transfers
In Class: Work on your print
Assignment: Work on your print |
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Class 15 |
In Class: Work on your print
Assignment: Complete your print |
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Week 9 |
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Classes 16, 17 |
Spring Break |
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Week 10 |
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Class 18 |
Demonstration: Multiple plate/Multiple Color Techniques
All about registration
In Class: Begin a new print involving transfer or lift techniques.
Assignment: Work on your print |
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Class 19 |
Field Trip: Print Room
Assignment: Work on your print |
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Week 11 |
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Class 20 |
Demonstration: Matting, Framing, Presentation
In Class: Work on your print
Assignment: Work on your print |
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Class 21 |
In Class: Work on your print
Assignment: Finish your print |
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Week 12 |
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Class 22 |
Lecture and Demonstration: Pixellation and using the computer
In Class: Critique
Assignment: Develop idea for your final project |
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Class 23 |
Lecture and Demo: Breaking out of the square: Shaped plates, alternative paper formats, object construction
In Class: Start work on your final project
Assignment: Work on your print |
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Weeks 13,14,15 |
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In Class: Work on your print
Assignment: Work on your print |
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Week 16 |
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Class 30 |
In Class: Critique |
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Class 31 |
In Class: Individual Critiques |
