Allison Barrett   Shelley Given

Printmaking students link their creative ideas to intaglio and relief processes. Print content is determined by the students' personal creative interests.

Students learn etching, drypoint, aquatint, linocut, woodcut, and collagraph techniques, and are introduced to a variety of tools for creating plates and blocks. Japanese and European papers are used in both hand-printing and on an intaglio press. Sketchbooks play an important role in helping students to identify the appropriate process for a particular print project.

Portfolios of professional artists' prints are viewed in class. A range of critique approaches is employed to help students to produce the strongest possible images.

The class culminates in the completion of print portfolios that reflect students' interests and their mastery of printmaking techniques.

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