Printmaking fish designs for students registration#

Objective: Students will demonstrate understanding the basic principles of relief reduction printmaking.

The completed block will be editioned to a minimum of 3 prints. Imagery should fill the entirety of the picture plane and will be the same size as your block, approximately 7”x10”. Requirements: Design information will be transferred by hand to your woodblocks using carbon transfer paper or drawn directly on the block.

Printmaking fish designs for students registration#

Upon completion of this assignment students should understand how block cutting techniques, inking practices, press usage, types of papers, registration techniques, etc, will all affect the outcome of the final printed image/design. Objective: Students will expand upon the basic principles of black and white line relief printmaking through the exploration of woodcut print techniques via the production of imagery/designs created according to their own aesthetic and conceptual interests guided by the theme “Protest/Promote”. The completed block will be as many times as are needed to obtain a quality impression. Image tiles will be the same size as your block, approximately 5x7”. Design information will be transferred by hand to your woodblocks using carbon transfer paper methods. Requirements: An historical relief print will be selected by Jacob for reproduction and divided among the class in equal sized image tiles.

Upon completion of this assignment students should understand how block cutting techniques, inking practices, press usage, types of papers, etc, will all affect the outcome of the final printed image/design. Objective: Students will develop understanding of the basic principles of black and white line relief printmaking through the exploration of woodcut and/or linocut print techniques via the reproduction of an historical relief printed image. Printmaking Survey is an introduction to the basic techniques and concepts of intaglio and relief printmaking.īelow are descriptions of some of the assignments in the course with student work examples.