Continuing Education

133/141 West 21st Street

Various printmaking processes will be examined in this course, including woodcut, linocut, monoprint and collagraph. These printmaking methods can be interpreted for many different artistic styles, from fine art to illustration and bold graphic design. We will begin with the fundamentals of woodblock and relief printing (carving into a block of wood or linoleum and then applying oil-based ink to the surface). The block is then transferred to paper through a printing press. Following an exploration of techniques students will be guided through various approaches to making complex, multicolor relief images using reduction cut and jigsaw techniques.
Note: Continuing education students enrolled in a printmaking course may access the printmaking facilities outside of class hours as follows: Monday through Friday from 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm, and on Saturday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Access is only available during these designated days and times and is based on classroom availability. This access ends on the last day of the course in which students are enrolled. This course is held on campus at SVA.