Course detail
Foundations of Printmaking 1 – Relief Printmaking
FaVU-1ZGT1Acad. year: 2024/2025
The course is designed as a series of lectures and follow-up practical exercises focusing on the technique of relief printmaking. In this course, attention is paid in particular to the techniques of linocut, colour linocut, woodcut and wood engraving. Within each class, students will learn about the work in the printmaking workshop and workflows. The course will include the opportunity to work in the printmaking workshop during open hours. A portion of the class will be devoted to current trends and artists working with print from the top.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Entry knowledge
Basic creative and manual skills.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
The following conditions are set for the award of credit:
- Attendance in class (2 permitted unexcused absences) or submission of an assignment based on the assignment in consultation with the lecturers.
- submission of completed assignments.
Classes are taught in the graphic design workshop of the FFA BUT during the hours specified in the schedule. Minimum attendance is 85%. Make-up for missed lessons is done by agreement with the teacher in the form of individual consultations.
Aims
The aim of the Foundations of Printmaking 1 – Relief Printmaking course is to offer students a basic orientation to the possibilities of printing from height based on practical exercises. The course will enhance students' ability to think about printing from height in the context of contemporary art. Emphasis will be placed on the correct technological procedures related to traditional printmaking techniques.
Upon completion of the course, students will be familiar with the procedures and possibilities of graphic techniques of printing from height. They will be aware of the place of print from height in the context of contemporary art theory and practice.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
MARCO, Jindřich. O grafice : kniha pro sběratele a milovníky umění. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1981.
ODEHNAL, Antonín. Grafické techniky. Vyd. 1. V Brně: Střední škola uměleckých řemesel v Brně, 1996. 90 s. ISBN 80-902275-0-3.
RAMBOUSEK, Jan. Dřevořez, dřevoryt a příbuzné techniky. Vyd. 1. Praha: Nakladatelství československých výtvarných umělců, 1957. 206 s.,
Recommended reading
Česká grafika 20. století : [ve Sdružení českých umělců grafiků Hollar]. Edited by Jiří Bouda - Jaroslav Kaiser - Miroslav Kudrna. Praha: Sdružení českých umělců grafiků Hollar, 1997. 325 s. : i. ISBN 80-902405-0-X.
RAMBOUSEK, Jan. Slovník a receptář malíře-grafika. Praha: Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury, hudby a umění, 1954.
Slovník světové kresby a grafiky. Translated by Petr Adler - Miloslava Neumannová - Anita Pelánová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1997. 510 s. ISBN 8020705503.
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme VUM_B Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme DES_B Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional - Programme VUM_B Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
Type of course unit
Lecture
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Introduction to a specific technique: relief printmaking.
2. Introduction of a specific technique: relief printmaking
3. Creation and consultation of the design and selection of the appropriate technique
4. Creation and consultation of the design and selection of the appropriate technique
5. Design development and consultation and choice of appropriate technique
6. Implementation of the developed design in the chosen technique
7. Implementation of the developed design in the chosen technique
8. Implementation of the developed design in the chosen technique
9. Implementation of the developed design in the chosen technique
10. Printing of the matrix
11. Printing of the matrix
12. Printing the matrix
13. Final class: students will submit a practical assignment according to the assignment formulated in the first third of the course. Each project will be discussed with the instructor.