Course Description

Utilization of screen printing for fabric printing, including simple stencils and photographic processes.

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Athena Title

SCREEN-PRINTING

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Semester Course Offered

Offered fall and spring

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Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

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Course Objectives

The main objective of this course is to give the students the technical background to accomplish a broad spectrum of processes on fabric, utilizing the silk screen as the primary tool. The course is divided into two sections. First the student will be given a series of process' that will become the vocabulary from which the student should be able to accomplish his or her own creative art work. The grade will be determined by combining grades given to technical problems and the resulting creative work.

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Topical Outline

Building a silkscreen Stencils a. Simple tape b. Contact paper c. Photo emulsion Processes a. Random print b. Repeat pattern c. Tessellation pattern d. Collage/masking Materials a. Dye b. Pigment c. Discharge paste

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