This course explores various printing processes and techniques beyond traditional single-medium approaches. Students are encouraged to combine multiple print methods, such as frottage, monotype, transfer techniques, relief, intaglio, and to experiment with painting, drawing, photographs, fabric, found objects, and digital elements to create eclectic and multi-dimensional artworks. Students will cultivate a dynamic and expressive approach to printmaking in the expanded field through a series of scaffolded projects that integrate both water-based and oil-based processes. An emphasis will be placed on layering, transparency, surface texture, and collage in order to foster a dynamic and expressive approach to printmaking in the expanded field.

Through the use of lectures, demonstrations and workshops this course explores the mixing of print media, i.e. cardboard, collage (collagraph) and monoprints and how these media interact. Projects are assigned to assist in discovering printmaking’s applications, methods and potentials as well as to investigate methods of drawing, plate making and transfer. Work is executed in black and white and color using oil and water based materials. Printing is done by means of a press and by hand. Visits to museums, print shops or artist studios will be made in coordination with the studio part of this course. Group and individual critiques are held regularly.