Description
This course will explore the use of the photographic image as the basis for making layered prints. The course will focus on generating original content through building, collaging, photographing and drawing. These constructions will be used for a variety of approaches to creating matrices for printing, from photopolymer plates to etchings, photolithography, cliché verre, and digital negatives. Students will learn a variety of printing processes using inks as well as a range of alternative photographic processes, including cyanotype, Van Dyke and gum bichromate. This class will be a great addition to any studio practice as it will incorporate photographic and printmaking process that accommodate drawing, painting, digital design, fibers and three-dimensional media.