PRINTMAKING COURSES ARE OPEN!

Printmaking is a Studio Art discipline centering around the many ways of transferring an image from a matrix to a surface.

SPRING 2017 COURSE OFFERINGS:
ETCHING  ASTU 3310, 4310, 5310.501 Monday Wednesday 11AM – 1:50PM
Intaglio is the printing process where ink is wiped into a recessed surface while the raised smooth surface is wiped clean then printed using a high-pressure etching press.   Kinds of intaglio prints include: dry-point engraving, etching (line-etch, soft-ground, aquatint, etc.), metal plate engraving, photo-polymer plate intaglio, etc.

RELIEF  ASTU 3340, 4340, 5340.501 Monday Wednesday 2 – 4:50PM
Relief printing is a process where the raised surface of a planar matrix is inked and printed.  Kinds of relief prints include: linoleum cut prints, wood cut prints, polystyrene cut prints, photo-polymer relief prints, wood engravings, etc. In our shop relief prints are printed with an etching press or by hand with a barren.

ARTIST’s BOOKS ASTU ASTU 3305, 4305, 5305.501 Tuesday Thursday 11AM - 1:50PM
We teach Artist’s Books as a means of engaging a traditional discipline of book binding within a context of making fine art.  This class lays a foundation with a variety of binding techniques and engages conventions of sequential imagery, bound imagery, and narrative contexts in fine art.  Artist’s bookmaking is an excellent cross-over for artists who normally work in photography, drawing, fibers, sculpture and other disciplines.

SCREENPRINT ASTU 3320, 4320, 5320.501 Tuesday Thursday 2 – 4:50PM
Screenprinting is a printing process using a stencil that clogs the pores of a polyester fabric mesh.  The stencil can be hand painted into the screen, a piece of cut paper or film, or a photo-emulsion that is exposed in the screen.  The artist uses a squeegee to press ink through the mesh and onto a surface. 

MONOTYPE ASTU 3315, 4315, 5315.502 Tuesday Thursday 5 – 7:50PM
Monotype is the printing process where ink is transferred from an unstable matrix.  Monotypes can be printed using a smooth piece of Plexiglass where ink is in an additive or subtractive manner or using paper stencils.  Monotypes are the one kind of printmaking that cannot be printed identically.

from UNT Printmaking Blog http://untprintmakingblog.blogspot.com/2016/12/printmaking-courses-are-open.html

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