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Showing 1 to 20 of 111 for “"printmaking"”.
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Investigations in Mixed-media Printmaking
<p>The device man uses to transport himself is one of his dearest possessions and one of his biggest problems. The relationship between man and his machine is the basis for the content of this thesis. Since walking became impractical, men have grown dependent physically, emotionally, …
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Environmentally sensitive printmaking: a framework for safe practice.
… establishing a rationale which will link safe printmaking practices with artists' individual and sustainable creative practices, by investigating the preconception that printmaking practices may be limited by adopting such an environmentally sensitive approach. This has been investigated …
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Absent Presence: an exploration of memory and family through printmaking
… and how engagement with the visual language of printmaking can modify it to create a more comprehensive depiction that accounts for the physiological processes of individual memory and the retention and transmission of collective, familial memory. Through my practical work, I seek to address …
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The Printer's Grey : alchemy, ritual and performance in fine art printmaking
… for my project - understanding the language of printmaking I find myself invested in by considering the material qualities of printmaking as well as the process or act of printing through a number of visual forms. In order better to understand my own position within printmaking, I have used this …
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Printmaking pedagogy: a multimodal social semiotic approach to the intaglio hardground process
This thesis presents a novel approach to printmaking theory and pedagogy, focusing in particular, on the intaglio hardground process. It is a qualitative study that gives an account of a group of second year graphic design students who encounter the hardground process for the first time. A …
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Art Departments' Experiences With Traditional and Non-Toxic Printmaking at the University Level: A Quantitative/qualitative Study
… study revealed the following major findings: (a) Printmaking instructors and students in both traditionally toxic and new non-toxic printmaking programs were aware of the hazardous nature of printmaking materials and processes. (b) Traditional printmaking program teach students conventional …
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A Discussion: Rembrandt's Influence on the Evolution of the Printmaking Process through his Experimental Attitude towards the medium.
<p>Rembrandt's influence on the medium of printmaking can only be explained through his methodology in the production of his images. Experimentation is the key word to describe his evolution in style as he mastered the skills necessary to achieve his desired result. This paper will focus on this …
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An examination of the physical and temporal parameters of post-physical printmaking practice: exploring new modes of collaboration, distribution and consumption resulting from digital processes and networked participation.
… researchers professional activities in fine art printmaking and examines, through contextualised artistic practice and critical enquiry, redefinitions in the physical and temporal parameters of digitally mediated fine art printmaking caused by developments in digital media; specifically the …
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Imperceptible Realities: An exhibition – and – Digitalisation: Re-imaging the real beyond notions of the original and the copy in contemporary printmaking: An exegesis
… the original and the copy through contemporary printmaking. The research culminated in the exhibition Imperceptible Realities and an exegesis. In examining Jean Baudrillard’s concept of simulacra this research argues for the continuing relevance of traditional etching techniques through a …
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A Series of Original Prints with the Human Image as an Important Compositional Element
… series of original prints. All of the available printmaking techniques within the knowledge of this artist were called upon to best express concepts and forms which he desired to portray. Three avenues of approach were used in the development of the print: (1) Transferring sketches made directly …
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The dissection: An examination of the printmaking tradition as a means to reconsider the relationship between the human body and its representation
… these images within the tradition of printmaking. This has resulted in technical innovations becoming a significant part of the work's content. The first part of this paper deals with the assertion that medical illustration constructs the body as an .object. I refer to Barthes in …
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A Study of the Influence of the Lyrical Prose Novels of Virginia Woolf and Hermann Hesse on the Creative Process in Intaglio Printmaking
It is the purpose of this study (1) to emphasize the complementary union between literature and the visual arts; (2) to limit the exploration to those specific lyrical prose writers: Hermann Hesse and Virginia Woolf; (3) to create prints utilizing the novel as a source of image-gathering but which …
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The Visualisation and Expression of Virtual 3D Surfaces Explored through Custom Developed Interactive Software, Optically Mixed Coloured Surface Contouring and Fine Art Printmaking
… his ideas, fundamental to his painting and printmaking practices, into the new medium of 3D computer imaging exploring its unique visual language. To accomplish this goal the author has developed and written an interactive software application program for the representation of 3D free form …
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A Creative Project in Printmaking Dealing With the Production of a Series of Original Prints Using Multiple Plates Printed in Relief and Intaglio Techniques
… resulting from the use of multiple plates in printmaking: 1. by relating the content of separate plates through the combination of shape, color and implied narrative qualities; 2. by developing the contour of the total composition as a secondary visual effect of the multiple plates with no …
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Tracing the Collective Endeavors: The Cultural Discourses of Women Printmakers Throughout History
… most other art forms in the early modern period, printmaking was regarded as a man’s enterprise. Yet the culture of printmaking and the print workshops soon became one of a family business, especially in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, which permitted women not only to contribute to the …
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Changing Space: A Practice-Led Enquiry into Representations of the Urban
… western metropolis using analogue and digital printmaking processes as analytical tools to mimic the formation and processes of the contemporary urban. As printed ephemera has been an integral part of the surface and life of the city, I aim to reflect their affinity through mixed-media print …
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Changing Space: A Practice-Led Enquiry into Representations of the Urban
… western metropolis using analogue and digital printmaking processes as analytical tools to mimic the formation and processes of the contemporary urban. As printed ephemera has been an integral part of the surface and life of the city, I aim to reflect their affinity through mixed-media print …
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Journeys
… a printmaker, my art is very process oriented. Printmaking itself can be thought of as a kind of journey. My trip or the process is more important than the destination or the final result. Like the desert, my images are constantly shifting and transforming through the process of working. …
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The Agency of Error in Post-digital Print
… if not erase, error. Equally in relation to printmaking practices, error is often understood only in terms of visual anomalies to be avoided through improvements to the printing process – whereas the problem is that there is a concern with error in print practices and culture, and yet a …
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