PRINTMAKING I: PHOTOGRAVURE

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Prerequisites: VIAR UN1400 or VIAR UN2420 or VIAR UN1700 (Formerly R3417) The purpose of this course is to incorporate the photomechanical intaglio printmaking process into the student’s own work, and in turn, for them to capitalize on its usage as part of their visual arts language. The students will learn the polymer plate process known as Solar Plate and structure it to the concepts they are creating and investigating. By integrating it into conventional intaglio techniques and combining them into finished works, the student’s printmaking lexicon will be expanded. This course is a concise study and practice of the process of photoetching, also known as photoengraving, utilizing non-toxic photo-polymer plates, thus reducing the exposure to harmful chemicals used in other photomechanical printmaking processes. This also coincides with the transitioning of the print studio into a Green workplace