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Previous | Next ART 4067: Topics in Printmaking An art course teaches a traditional skill that for some, becomes a passion The art of drawing backwards sounds hard enough, but in this semester's Printmaking class, that's not even the hard part. The real challenge, after planning out the design for a block print, is the meticulous carving process which follows, said junior Fine Arts Major Allison Berniker, as she cut fine lines out of her block of linoleum with the small, sharp tip of her carving tool. She pulled out a block of two sunflowers she had carved recently, and about five prints she had made from it. "It's hardest to create these thin lines for texture," she said, running a finger along the bumpy surface of the block. "You don't know what you have until you print," added Fine Arts Professor Richard Weinstein, who has taught the class for the last two years. Printmaking is offered to help students explore different artistic media, Weinstein said, sometimes drawing students' attention so that it becomes their artistic focus. The class starts with a study of monoprinting, which is a less meticulous, more spontaneous printing form, then moves to block printing, then onto drypoint, which relies on etching to create a print. The class lends students a lot of freedom, Weinstein said, because once the technique is learned, students can go off and experiment, as with any other art form - albeit with sharp, sometimes dangerous tools. Graduating senior Trina McKernon, an Education major with a focus in art, took the class to expand her art education a little more. She sat carving a linoleum print of a dragonfly taking off from a fern. "I like the idea of making a print," she said. "But it's very unforgiving - because once you decide you're going to do something, there's no taking it back." |
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