This
printmaking course will provide you with the opportunity to creatively explore
and develop visual studies through a structured range of printmaking processes
across the year. For new students, each term there will be an emphasis on
specific processes. Returning students progressively cover a wider range of
processes and experienced students have an opportunity to utilise the sessions
and facilities to extend and develop their practice. Continuous support,
guidance and constructive advice will be given throughout. The printmaking
classes provide a rich and informative opportunity to develop and share ideas
and processes.
Continuous support, guidance, and constructive advice will be provided throughout the course. The printmaking classes offer a rich and informative opportunity to develop and share ideas and techniques.
What Topics Are Covered?
The printmaking workshop
features a variety of methods and processes for generating imagery and enhancing
your creative practice. Here's what to expect each term:
Returning students will progressively cover a wider range of processes, while experienced students can fully utilize the workshop facilities and tutor expertise to enhance their practice.
Suitable for all abilities beginners and those with experience.
The workshop offers a conducive, sharing learning environment.
The course also knits in' well for students who have experience in other art and design disciplines. It offers students the ability to adopt and apply an inter disciplinary approach to develop visual thinking and experience with processes. It can be used to make new work and refresh working practice.
What topics are covered?
The printmaking workshop offers a wealth of methods and processes to explore and generate imagery and extend creative practice. As a result, for new students, each term there will be an introductory emphasis on specific processes:
Autumn term will cover a general introduction to Printmaking processes. Students will have opportunities to develop both observation drawing skills and creative play through experimentation with a range of monotype processes to produce a range of unique prints. The conceptual making and printing of card printing, collographs and lino cuts will allow the creative exploration of methods and processes involved with relief printing and to produce possibilities of either editioned or varied prints. Dry point is a simple introduction to intaglio printmaking. Students will be able to develop their studies through the expressive use of line, tone and mark, exploring possibilities with monoprint and chine colle to produce a range of outcomes.
Spring term will start with generating visual studies through monotype print processes. These outcomes will lead into intaglio print processes. First with dry point exploring line, tone and mark and then progress on to the introduction of a range of etching processes using zinc plate, including hard and soft ground and aquatint to develop a fuller visual vocabulary.
Summer term students will have the opportunity to embrace a range of stencil making methods and processes that could be used developing screen printed imagery. This will include: drawn, painted and collaged
photo stencil art work, photocopied photo stencil, paper stencils and found materials photo stencil. As well as unique, painterly monotype screen printed outcomes.
Returning students across the terms progressively cover a wider range of processes and experienced students have an opportunity to utilise the full extent of the workshop including the range of facilities and Tutor knowledge and experience to extend and develop their practice.
Who is the course aimed
Funding
If you are aged 19 or older, and are a UK
national living in the UK or EEA for the last three years, you should be able to
access government funding towards the cost of your course. Your course will
either be free, or partially funded with a small fee to pay.
Free - if you are unemployed, looking for work and claiming benefits; Also, if you are employed & earning below 25k per year.
Partially Funded - if you earn 25,000 or more per year.
Not Funded - if you do not meet the residence requirements. You may be required to pay the full cost of your course, and will not be able to claim any government funding.
We will be able to advise you on your funding eligibility after you
apply, but feel free to give us a call if you'd like to discuss your
circumstances.
The prices listed are the highest possible option - the final price would
be allocated depending on individual circumstances (according to the criteria
above).