Fine art: printmaking ba(hons)

Year 1

You will receive technical inductions into all the main processes of printmaking, as well as being supported to develop research into the particular interests and concerns that motivate you individually. You will also collaboratively plan a group exhibition and take part in a print edition project.

• Studio Practice 1: Orientation

  This module orientates you to the main elements of studio practice. Research informed teaching introduces you to various methods of contextual and critical exploration that will underpin the development of your practice, informing the development of professional skills. Seminars and tutorials will give you the opportunity to discuss your interests with each other, helping to generate and develop creative ideas.

• Studio Practice 2: Enquiry, Edition, Exhibition

  This module provides you with the opportunity to match your imaginative and intellectual concerns against the constraints and potentials of editioned printmaking, a skill set that contributes to professional employability. This experience will lead to the planning and presentation of a year group exhibition. By demonstrating an increasingly fluent, critically informed understanding of your visual research, you will develop a convincingly progressive printmaking practice.

• Printmaking Technical Inductions

  This module provides technical demonstration and direct workshop engagement with the main processes of etching, lithography, screenprint, relief and digital printmaking processes. You will also compare and contrast the potential of the processes to which you are introduced.

• Introduction to Theories and Practices of Fine Art

  This module introduces you to a range of approaches used to think about the relationship between fine art practice and the social and cultural contexts in which art has emerged at various periods. Attention is paid to how artworks and art practices embody changing ideas, meanings, values and effects.

  The module includes students from all fine art areas, to encourage interdisciplinary dialogue. The module explores historical contextualisation appropriate for studio practice, supporting the development of library-based research and academic skills.

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