Printmaking pages in Japanese here + blog pages here


Diversifying advanced media expression

Printmaking is not limited to traditional wood or copper etching techniques, also including advanced areas such as photography, polymer print, and computer graphics. In addition, we cover pre-press and publishing procedures for the printing industry. This wide content reflects our belief that contemporary printmaking is no longer a hand-production field, but incorporates a wide variety of media-related formative arts. In this course students pursue creative image-making through direct experience of diverse techniques, equipment and materials. They are supported by comprehensively-equipped facilities and academic supervisors who are all actively working artists. Ultimately our students are expected to evolve their own original and creative works through free imagination and highly developed technical skills.

Department profile (May 2009):

Total undergraduate students: 133
(M: 7; F: 126)

Overseas undergrad students: 0

Fulltime faculty: 4
Part-time lecturers: 20

Professors:

IKEGAKI Tadahiko
NAGAOKA Kunihito
MUSASHI Atsuhiko
KITANO Hiroyuki
MAKINO Hiroki

Profiles in Japanese here

Studios:

For development of mixed-media concepts, beyond the conventional image of print, the Printmaking Department has studio facilities for conventional techniques (woodblock, etching, lithograph, and silkscreen), and various other facilities, e.g. a handmade paper mill, offset printing presses, photographic studio, darkroom, and computer graphics facilities.

Curriculum

1st year: Introducing the attractiveness of printmaking through basic techniques – wood, copper, drypoint.
2D figurative art 1 (color composition), 2D figurative art 2 (Sketching), 2D figurative art 3 (copper etching 1), 2D figurative art 4 (free production), figurative art 1 & 2 (artist’s documentation); handcraft, 3D figurative art, basic design 1 (basics), basic design 2 (woodblock)

2nd year: Basic potential of the four essential print media: woodblock, etching, lithography, sikscreen. Also photography and other “new media” to expand expression.
2D figurative art 5 (media expression), 2D figurative art 6 (free production), photo techniques 1, figurative art 3 (basic CG), printmaking 1 (book art), printmaking 2 (silkscreen 1, litho 1), printmaking 3 (woodblock 2, litho 2), printmaking 4 (silkscreen 2, copper etching 2), introduction to printmaking.

3rd year: Students join seminar groups for different print areas, extending specializations through discussion with faculty members and experimentation to find own style.
2D figurative art 7 & 8 (CG), photo techniques 2, figurative art 4, 3D figurative art, printmaking 5 (paper art, polymer print), printmaking 6-8 (assignment depending on course)

4th year: Mainly preproduction, gaining experience to raise the quality of work exchanging opinions and developing necessary skills for graduation works.
Figurative art 5 (critique), figurative art 6 (thesis), media for figurative art 1-3 (assignment depending on course), graduation production