Digital Printmaking (23/24)
Course Overview
This course is for those experienced L2L Printmaking students who have already completed L2L Printmaking courses at Bath College and are wishing to develop their experience with etching and photo screen printing in a digital format to a to a higher level.
The course will provide a more in depth and technical understanding of
how to develop technical artwork for quality results in Photo Solar Plate and
Photo screen printing.
Students will learn how to scan in and edit imagery (photographs,
drawings, paintings, prints etc) in the digital suite to make suitable artwork.
Then convert to a suitable half tone dot to make artwork appropriate for a range
of photographic printmaking processes including:
Photo screen printing
Photo Solar Plate Intaglio
The first part of the course will be the scanning and editing of artwork
in the digital suite to make suitable artwork. Students will then be able to
take the prepared artwork to the printmaking workshop and use this to make photo
solar plate intaglio and/or photo screen prints.
Photo Solar Plate is a
technique that employs the use of ultra-violet light to fix a scanned image
(photographic or hand drawn) onto a solar plate. This and photo screen printing
involves using a 'positive' artwork on clear film which is contacted against a
photo sensitive emulsion. After developing, the intaglio photo solar plate can
be printed.
For those students who are keen to work at a higher technical level and produce more advanced, detailed and precise work photographically, this could be an ideal way to progress at Bath College within the Love2Learn Printmaking offerings.
The sessions will be split across 2 tutors, Arran Hodgson who will advise
on the technical design and artwork preparation and Sally Gaden who will guide
and facilitate the practical printmaking sessions.