Specialization in Creative Artisanal Printing Techniques

Course summary

• U1: Introduction and Inspiration

  • Introduction

  • Inspiration / Texture Factory

  • Inspiration / Texture Factory

  • Inspiration / Texture Factory

  • Inspiration / Noelia Tramullas

  • Inspiration / Juan Lara Hierro

  • Inspiration / Tipia Lab

• U2: Manual Image Transfer Techniques

  • Materials and tools

  • The transfer technique

  • Inspiration and image sources

  • How to prepare your images for transfer

  • Direct transfer 1

  • Direct transfer 2

  • Photographic transfer 1

  • Photographic transfer 2

  • Acetate transfer

  • Protection and care

  • Tips and troubleshooting

  • Other applications

• U3: Manual stamping with photopolymer stamps

  • Manual printing systems

  • Engraving and photoengraving

  • Materials and tools

  • Step by step

  • Negative Preparation 1

  • Negative Preparation 2

  • Insolation options

  • Tips and FAQs

  • Mounting the stamp and stamping

  • Inks, finishes and textures

  • Manual stamping

  • Registration marks

  • Different types of printing

• U4: Cyanotype: printing technique with light

  • What will we do in the module?

  • Materials and tools

  • Preparation of solutions and application

  • Insolation tests

  • Preparation of digital and manual negatives

  • Exposure and development of photographs and illustrations

  • Botany and physiograms

  • Other porous surfaces

  • Whitening and toning

  • Frequently Asked Questions

• U5: Four-color photographic screen printing

  • What will we do in the module?

  • Photography

  • Color separation

  • Materials

  • Screen preparation

  • Workspace

  • Stamping process 1

  • Stamping process 2

  • Other ways to use photography in screen printing

  • The limited edition screen print

  • How to promote your work

• U6: Introduction to photoengraving using the photopolymer technique

  • History of photoengraving

  • The photopolymer

  • Materials needed to work with photopolymers

  • The plot

  • Insolate frames

  • Inking and stamping

  • The image on the screen

  • Scale processing and stamping

  • Create an exit curve

  • Image management in PHS

  • Iron processing

  • Artistic printing 1

  • Artistic printing 2

• U7: Gum bichromate: alternative photographic printing

  • Gum bichromate: featured artists and works

  • The materials

  • Prepare your photograph

  • Prepare the paper

  • Prepare the emulsion

  • Print the digital negatives

  • First emulsification session

  • UV exposure

  • The revealed

  • Second layer

  • Completion of copying and neutralization of waste

  • Archiving and conservation of gum bichromate

  • Troubleshooting

• Final project

  • Specialization in Creative Artisan Printing Techniques

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