Printmaking
- HER-G 201 Etching I (3 cr.) P: HER-F121 and HER-D102
Etching I is a beginning course that will introduce the fundamentals of the intaglio process including platemaking and printing. Etching uses acid to bite a line into a metal plate. Safe working methods as well as artistic principles particular to the medium will be covered.
- HER-G 202 Lithography I (3 cr.) P: HER-F121 and HER-D102 This course introduces the fundamentals of lithographic processes including stone and plate imaging and printing. Lithography is a planographic printing process using the mutual repulsion of oil and water. It is highly sensitive and autographic, and also labor-intensive. Safe handline of materials and equipment is covered.
- HER-G 203 Silkscreen Printing I (3 cr.) P: HER-D102, HER-F121, and Herron Undergraduate.
The course will include drawing for the silk-screen process, construction of equipment, methods of making stencils, printing in black and color. Both hand stencils and photo stencils will be used. Art majors only.
- HER-G 205 Monotype/Woodcut (3 cr.) P: Foundations Program and Herron Undergraduate. Beginning course in monotype and woodcut. Students learn traditional and experimental approaches to relief printmaking. Students are instructed on use of tools and materials and basic printing processes. Printing is in color and black and white.
- HER-G 208 LETTERPRESS TYPESETTING (3 cr.) Introduction to setting and printing text by hand on the letterpress. Historic traditions such as setting lead and wooden typed and carved blocks will be combined with contemporary digital text and image appropriation through photo-polymer plates. Goal is to develop typ, print technology, and tradition into expressive visual frameworks.
- HER-G 211 BOOK ARTS BASICS (3 cr.) This course introduces the core skills of the book arts: bookbinding, letterpress typesetting and papermaking. Staple skills will be developed with the goal of understanding technologies and processes as an expressive visual language. The course will culminate in a project that conceptually integrates skills into a coherent narrative.
- HER-G 301 Etching II (3 cr.) P: HER-G 201
Develops further the skills learned in G201. Students are urged to manipulate the techniques to the best advantage of their individual directions, making technique serve concept. An extensive introduction to color printmaking is given at the beginning of the course, and students are encouraged to work in color to a limited extent. At least one print done in color during a semester is now a requirement.
- HER-G 302 Lithography II (3 cr.) P: HER-G 302 and Herron Undergraduate. Advanced study designed to extend students' ability to use their technical knowledge as a means of expression. Experimental printing in color and black and white.
- HER-G 303 Etching III (3 cr.) P: HER-G 301
Develops further the skills learned in G301. However, students are urged to manipulate the techniques to the best advantage of their individual directions, making technique serve concept. Course includes an extensive introduction to color printmaking.
- HER-G 304 Lithography III (3 cr.) P: HER-G 302 Advanced study of lithography which develops the student's ability to use acquired technical knowledge as a means of expression. Continued exploration of processes and experimental printing in color and black and white.
- HER-G 305 Photo Processes for Printmaking I (3 cr.) P: G201-G202, K201-K202, and/or permission of the instructor. C: Enrollment in a 300-, 400-, or 500-level printmaking course. Introduction to the use of light-sensitive materials in printmaking processes. Involvement with nonsilver photographic processes such as kallitype, photoetching, photo-lithography (using halftone and contact materials), photo silkscreen, and gum printing. Color separation principles for printmaking processes.
- HER-G 307 Silkscreen Printing II (3 cr.) P: HER-G203 and Herron Undergraduate.
The advanced process of silkscreen printing with the incorporation of digital printing processes. Printing in large format with color will be covered. Further Development of ideas and concepts in relation to the screenprinting process will be emphasized in this class.
- HER-G 308 THE VISUAL BOOK (3 cr.) Introduction to concept building specific to the artist book. Study of principles of narrative building, sequencing, interactivity. Contextualizing of expressive craftsmanship through experimental binding structures such as altered books, wearable books, edible books. Integration of history, tradition and contemporary development of the book arts.
- HER-G 309 Monotype/Woodcut II (3 cr.) P: HER-G 205 and Herron Undergraduate. Advanced study of monotype techniques, both traditional and nontraditional. Emphasis is placed on students gaining control of monotype process in order to accurately express their artistic vision. Students are encouraged to explore their individual goals and research into the various media available.
- HER-G 401 Printmaking III (3-6 cr.) P: HER-G303 and HER-G304
Designed mainly for those students who choose to major in printmaking. The course demands a major commitment of time and concentration. In addition to criticism on an individual basis, students take part in weekly seminars with the 4th year printmaking faculty which concentrate on discussion of a wide variety of aesthetic concerns. Photo-printmaking facilities, equipment, and supplies for all photo-processes are available to those students desiring to incorporate photographic images into their work.
- HER-G 402 Printmaking IV (3-6 cr.) P: HER-G 401 and Herron Undergraduate
Capstone course in printmaking
- HER-G 306 Photo Processes for Printmaking II (3 cr.) P: G201-G202, K201-K202, and/or permission of the instructor. C: Enrollment in a 300-, 400-, or 500-level printmaking course. Introduction to the use of light-sensitive materials in printmaking processes. Involvement with nonsilver photographic processes such as kallitype, photoetching, photo-lithography (using halftone and contact materials), photo silkscreen, and gum printing. Color separation principles for printmaking processes.
- HER-G 206 Bookbinding (3 cr.) Introduction to traditional and non-traditional skills in bookbinding. Non-adhesive, experimental structures will be covered such as accordion, concertina, piano hinge and koptic binding as well as case binding, box making and slip cases. Goal is to develop the binding process as an expressive, visual language with attention to its tradition and contemporary presence as aesthetic medium.
- HER-G 209 PAPERMAKING (3 cr.) Introduction to western principles of making paper by hand. Skills in pulp technology, sheet formation, 2D and 3D applications will be developed, such as stenciling, pulp-spraying, casting, and integration into book structures. Goal is to apply skills to expressive, conceptual frameworks with attention to historic and contemporary context of papermaking.
- HER-G 310 The Printed Book (3 cr.) Integration of the print medium into the book structure. Development of prints as interactive structures and interdependence of multiple and three- and four-dimensional qualities of books. Skills in letterpress technology, type-high surface construction, bookbinding, and papermaking with attention to history and contemporary context of the book arts.
