Handbook

Building on your foundational skills and knowledge in printmaking, this studio-based course will help you to develop intermediate and advanced matrix-based and screen printing techniques. Focusing particularly on the physicality of the print and its relationship with ideas, images and words, the course addresses how printmaking connects with contemporary art contexts where distinctions between disciplines is increasingly fluid. Throughout the course, you will be introduced to acid-based intaglio matrix techniques, multiple pass relief printing methods, and advanced processes involving pin and tab registration in conjunction with a screen vacuum printing table. Practical and creative tasks encourage you to interpret visual concepts, manage printmaking production methods, and facilitate the expression of a personal visual language. In conjunction with this, you will also develop research and analytical skills in relation to graphic history and current trends in printed art.