Print and Book Arts

Students in printmaking learn both traditional and experimental processes as they develop personal imagery. Students in book arts explore the use of the book as an artist's medium, including methods for making books by hand, as well as concepts related to the book as a format for images and ideas.

In addition to producing their studio work, students are expected to participate in critiques, and engage in reading and research to place their work within the context of both historical and contemporary practice.

Undergraduate students may take classes in printmaking and book arts as electives or as part of a concentration in the BA or BFA programs in Studio Art. *

*Graduate students in the MAT and MFA programs may take classes in printmaking and book arts by special arrangement.

 

Facilities and Equipment

The printmaking facility at WCU allows students to work in a variety of print media such as monotypes, intaglios, relief, lithographs, cyanotypes, type and screen prints.

The printmaking shop includes complete and well ventilated facilities for above processes and has two etching presses, Takach table top lithography press, a dedicated darkroom, acid room and spray washout room. There is a digital workstation including the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite.The adjacent book arts area includes paper cutters, board shear, nipping presses and a letterpress shop with Vandercook proof presses, Chandler and Price letter press, a large collection of type and a small polymer plate maker. For papermaking there is a Reina beater, a hydraulic press, a dry box, and a collection of moulds and deckles.

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