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Exploring the Essential Features of “Centre of Excellence – Printmaking Diploma Course”
What Will You Learn?
This course offers a great introduction to the medium – taking you through your first steps in printmaking and exposing you to a variety of styles, techniques and methods, so that you may identify which resonates with you most.
You’ll come away with a working knowledge of printmaking and the various ways in which it can be used for expression. Furthermore, you’ll have a better idea of how you might continue on your creative journey to exhibit and sell your artwork.
The Printmaking Diploma Course begins with a look at the different types of tools and equipment that printmakers and carvers use, along with how to repurpose household products and objects from nature to create unique prints.
Proceeding through the course, you’ll learn about a variety of printing types – exploring their differing styles and techniques. You’ll discover monoprinting, rubber stamping, lino carving, block printing, printing with flowers and plants, printing on eggs with dye and botanicals, printing on three-dimensional objects, serigraphy/silkscreen printing, and intaglio.
The course concludes with a look at how to start a printmaking business and hold your first printmaking exhibition, along with how to protect your wares should you decide to sell and what to consider when valuing your prints.
By studying this course, you will:
- Gain a good foundation in a variety of printmaking and carving types
- Understand how to plan and design patterns
- Be able to carve and incise your own printing plates using a variety of materials
- Be familiar with several ways to repurpose, recycle and reuse items in printmaking
- Gain insight into printmaking for businessÂ
Course Syllabus
What will I learn on the course?
Module 1: Introduction to Printmaking
5 parts
Introduction
Part 1: A Brief History of Printmaking
Part 2: What is a Print? Basic Mark Making
Part 3: Letterpress Printing and Tessellation
Module 1 Assessment
Module 2: Tools, Supplies, Repurposing Equipment in Printmaking
5 parts
Part 1: Setting Up a Basic Printmaking Studio
Part 2: Tools for Carving
Part 3: Foraging and Scavenging
Part 4: Creating a Portfolio
Module 2 Assessment
Module 3: Introduction to Monoprinting
4 parts
Part 1: What is Monoprinting?
Part 2: Dendritic Monoprinting, Ghost Prints and Traced Monotypes
Part 3: Mask Making
Module 3 Assessment
Module 4: Rubber Stamping—Carving Your Own Stamp
4 parts
Part 1: Rubber Stamping
Part 2: Tools of the Trade
Part 3: Layering Techniques
Module 4 Assessment
Module 5: Introduction to Linocuts and More Complex Prints
5 parts
Part 1: Introduction to Linocuts
Part 2: Designing a Pattern
Part 3: Multi-Coloured Linocuts
Part 4: Repurposing Equipment
Module 5 Assessment
Module 6: Introduction to Block Printing
4 parts
Part 1: Influences from India
Part 2: Tools and Supplies
Part 3: Designing Patterns with Fabric as a Printing Surface
Module 6 Assessment
Module 7: Eco-Printing I—Using Botanicals
4 parts
Part 1: Botanical Printmaking
Part 2: Using Steam
Part 3: Making a Botanical Bundle and Rust-Dyed Fabric
Module 7 Assessment
Module 8: Eco-Printing II—Printing on Eggshells
4 parts
Part 1: Natural Pigments
Part 2: Egg Surfaces for Decoration: A Brief History
Part 3: Egg Dyeing and Printing
Module 8 Assessment
Module 9: Introduction to Printmaking on Ceramic Bisque
5 parts
Part 1: Printing on Ceramics
Part 2: Printing on Earthenware and Air-Dry Clay
Part 3: Design Elements for Making Patterns
Part 4: Printing onto a 3D Shape
Module 9 Assessment
Module 10: Introduction to Serigraphy
4 parts
Part 1: Serigraphy
Part 2: Hand-Building a Silkscreen
Part 3: Layering Techniques Using Different Printmaking Processes
Module 10 Assessment
Module 11: Introduction to Intaglio Printmaking
4 parts
Part 1: Intaglio
Part 2: Collagraphy
Part 3: Repurposing Polystyrene and Foam
Module 11 Assessment
Module 12: Using Printmaking for Business
5 parts
Part 1: Adding Value to Your Prints
Part 2: Tax and Insurance
Part 3: Exhibition Spaces
Conclusion
Module 12 Assessment
Who Would Benefit from This Course?
Whether you haven’t done art since school or you’re a hobbyist or professional looking to branch out into other mediums, the Printmaking Diploma Course will provide you with an essential foundation in the techniques, methods and design processes of printmaking, along with an exploration of how printmaking has developed throughout history.
Accreditations
The Printmaking Diploma Course will take you up to 150 hours to complete, working from home. There is no time limit for completing this course, it can be studied in your own time at your own pace.
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