Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

School: Arts and Humanities

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Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

• Unit Title

  Printmaking Studio 1: Intaglio and Relief

• Unit Code

  VIS2140

• Year

  2020

• Enrolment Period

  1

• Version

  2

• Credit Points

  15

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  

• Unit Coordinator

  Dr Paul Gerard UHLMANN

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Description

This introductory unit aims to generate understanding of how traditional forms of printmaking, utilising intaglio and relief, are powerful methods for addressing global and personal concerns. In order to create their own images, students will, through hands-on workshops, demonstrations and contextual lectures, critically consider the working methods and concepts of contemporary and historic artists. Students will experimentally work through set projects and develop their own project by employing a range of processes, including etching; drypoint; woodcut; linocut; letterpress as well as other approaches to the printed image

Prerequisite Rule

Must have passed VIS1315

Equivalent Rule

Replaces VIS2525

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Create text, drawings, collages, test prints and photographs informed by historical research.
2. Produce an experimental series of prints using a range of intaglio and relief processes.
3. Describe the technical, aesthetic, and historical contexts of their prints.
4. Produce a final series of prints using a range of intaglio and relief processes that evidences a critical approach to the printed image with potential outcomes being either artists books, print folios or print installations.
5. Apply professional and safe working practices within the printmaking studio.

Unit Content

1. Drawing and collage processes for printmaking.
2. Plate / block making and printing techniques.
3. Tone and colour printing.
4. The historical and contemporary context of intaglio and relief images.
5. Conceptual application of print processes to contemporary concerns.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lecturers, demonstrations & workshops

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

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