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Spring 2014
Debora Oden
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Office 912-525-6403
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Mon-Thurs 4:30-5:30
doden@scad.edu
ALEXAN 131
Tuesday / Thursday
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM

School of Fine Arts, Department of Printmaking, Savannah

PRMK 204 - Relief Printmaking

Section: 01 CRN: 30476

SCAD Mission:
The Savannah College of Art and Design exists to prepare talented students for professional careers, emphasizing learning
through individual attention in a positively oriented university environment.
Course Description:
This course introduces students to several approaches to relief printmaking and to techniques such as woodcut, linocut, relief
etching and wood engraving. Using additive and reductive processes, students work in black-and-white and in color, learning
the registration and printing of multiple blocks. Both traditional and experimental approaches are encouraged. Prerequisite(s):
DRAW 100, DSGN 100.
Course Goals: The following course goals articulate the general objectives and purpose of this course:
1. Students will gain familiarity with the tools, media and techniques inherent to relief processes.
2. Students will explore various approaches to the making and printing of work in the relief process including lino-cut,
wood-cut and wood-engraving.
3. Students will examine the role of the relief process in the history of printmaking.
4. Students will develop the skills to use the relief medium as a means of creative and individual expression with equal
emphasis on concept and technique.
Student Learning Outcomes: The following course outcomes indicate competencies and measurable skills that students
develop as a result of completing this course:
1. Students will learn the safe and responsible handling of the presses and the skills required for their use in the
production of prints, including image and plate registration.
2. Students will learn safe and responsible handling of all tools, materials, and grounds including inks, sprays, and
solvents, etc.
3. Students will have the knowledge required for basic manipulation in the production of a printed image within the
following processes relief printing techniques on linoleum, wood, and synthetic materials.

Schedule of Classes:

Key events including assignments, projects due dates/exam dates:

Class 1:

Pre-Test, Introduction, Tools, Supplies, Copper Examples, Folio, Grading

Class 2:

Demo: Carving and Printing, Press Work, View Portfolio for prints

Class 3:

Demo: Registration, Paper Preparation

Class 4:

Everyone Prints!

Class 5:

Critique 1

Class 6:

Print Portfolio/Writing Due, Demo: Color Mixing Demonstration,

Class 7:

Demo: Multiple Block Registration, Block Registration with Mylar

Class 8:

Work Day

Class 9:

Critique 2

Class 10:

Print Portfolio/Writing Due, Demo: Pouchoir inking, Stencils, blends...

Class 11:

Work Day

Class 12:

Work day

Class 13:

Critique 3

Class 14:

Print Portfolio/Writing Due, Demo: Chine Colle

Class 15:

Work Day, Individual Meetings

Class 16:

Work Day, Final Assignment

Class 17:

Work Day, Final Assignment

Class 18:

Work Day, Final Assignment

Class 19:

Critique 4 Print Portfolio/Writing Due for Assignments 3 & 4!

Class 20:

Post-Test, Clean out Drawers, Studio, Everything goes Home!

Grading Opportunities:
Your overall course grade will be computed according to the following breakdown:
Assignment

Weight

Assignment 1 (Black and White Wood Cut)

15.000percent

Investigatory Writing 1

5.000percent

Assignment 2 (Multiple Block)

15.000percent

Investigatory Writing 2

5.000percent

Assignment 3 (Color)

15.000percent

Assignment 4 (Final)

20.000percent

Investigatory Writing 4

10.000percent

Residency Letter

5.000percent

Exhibition Entry Forms

5.000percent

Classroom Participation

5.000percent

Grading Standards

Range

Letter grade: A = excellent

90 100 %

Letter grade: B = good

80 89 %

Letter grade: C = *

70 79 %

Letter grade: D = *

60 69%

Letter grade: F = failing

0 59%

*Refer to the student handbooks and departmental standards for minimal acceptance for passing grade.

Course Information:
Field Trip(s):
April 1, 2014
5:30 p.m
Lecture
Dakota Jackson Lecture: On Creativity
The School of Building Arts Lecture Series Presents Renowned designer and Honorary Chair of Furniture design Dakota
Jackson in his lecture, On Creativity. The iconic artist contemplates the foundations, forms and sources of
groundbreaking aesthetic., and the scientific and mathematical discoveries that have challenged and expanded our
dreams and understanding of the universe.
Apr. 29, 2014
5:30 p.m.
Lecture
Billie Tsien lecture: Recent Work
The School of Building Arts Lecture Series presents Billie Tsien , architect and cofounder of The Williams Billy Tsien
Architects. In her lecture on the firms recent work, Tsien will discuss the ideas of rootedness, light, texture, detail and
experience, witch are at the heart of what is the New York City based form creates for museums, schools and non-profits.

Extra Help Session(s):

April 11, 1:00
May 9, 1:00

Extended Learning Opportunities:

Other Course Information:

The schedule reflects a typical schedule of classes. The timeline may shift according to various circumstances. It is the
students responsibility to pay attention in class and be responsible for all due dates! Missing Critique and Demo
days will result in missing key information that will be difficult for you to get from your peers. This is a very active class, but
if you come ready to work you will learn a tremendous amount!

Course Materials:
Required Text(s):
None, but extensive use of our print library is very important!

Recommended Text(s):
None, but extensive use of our print library is very important!

Required Material(s):
1. Good set of Wood Carving tools
2. Baltic Birch Ply-wood
3. Un-backed linoleum
4. Sharpie markers, fine and extra fine tip
5. Basic linoleum knives (e.g. speed ball or Ninji)
6. Tracing paper
7. Various types of print paper to be specified in class
8. Sketch book
9. Utility knife
10. Masking or drafting tape
11. Mylar
12. Poly-vinyl disposable gloves
13. Disposable dust mask
This is a currsory list! You find that you will need more items as you hone your working methods!

University Policies:
Academic Integrity:
Under all circumstances, students are expected to be honest in their dealings with faculty, administrative staff and other
students.
In class assignments, students must submit work that fairly and accurately reflects their level of accomplishment. Any work
that is not a product of the student's own efforts is considered dishonest. Students must not engage in academic
dishonesty; doing so can have serious consequences.
Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, the following:
1. Cheating, which includes, but is not limited to, (a) the giving or receiving of any unauthorized assistance in producing
assignments or taking quizzes, tests or examinations; (b) dependence on the aid of sources including technology beyond
those authorized by the instructor in writing papers, preparing reports, solving problems or carrying out other assignments;
(c) the acquisition, without permission, of tests or other academic material belonging to a member of the university faculty
or staff; or (d) the use of unauthorized assistance in the preparation of works of art.
2. Plagiarism, which includes, but is not limited to, the use, by paraphrase or direct quotation, of the published or
unpublished work of another person without full and clear acknowledgment. Plagiarism also includes the unacknowledged
use of materials prepared by another person or agency engaged in the selling of term papers or other academic materials.
3. Submission of the same work in two or more classes without prior written approval of the professors of the classes
involved.
4. Submission of any work not actually produced by the student submitting the work without full and clear written
acknowledgement of the actual author or creator of the work.
Attendance and Personal Conduct:
Only students who are properly registered for a course may attend and participate in that class. Students are expected to
attend and participate in all scheduled classes and examination periods. Absences in excess of four class periods per
quarter, or 20 percent of the course, result in the student receiving a failing grade for the course. Tardiness, early
departure or other time away from class in excess of 15 minutes per class session is considered absence for the class session.
The student's appearance and conduct should be appropriate and should contribute to the academic and professional
atmosphere of SCAD. The university reserves the right at its sole discretion to withdraw the privilege of enrollment from
any student whose conduct is detrimental to the academic environment or to the well-being of other students, faculty or
staff members, or to the university facilities.
Enrollment policies:
Students are responsible for assuring proper enrollment. See the SCAD catalog for information on add/drop, withdrawals,
incompletes, and academic standing.
Midterm Conference(s):
Each student enrolled in the course will have a midterm conference scheduled outside of class time with the professor.
Students are expected to keep this appointment.
Academic Support and Tutoring:
Academic support for students at all SCAD locations can be found in MySCAD, under the Student Workspace tab,
Department Directory, Academic Resources.

Course Evaluations:
SCAD offers students the opportunity to evaluate all scheduled courses during each quarter term. Student feedback is
essential to continuously improve academic services at SCAD. Evaluations will be available the end of each quarter at the
beginning of Week 8 and must be completed online by the Monday following Week 10. A sample course evaluation for
on-ground courses is available
here.
In order to access course evaluations, the student should take the following steps:
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Log on to MySCAD
Click on the Student Workspace Tab
Locate the Course Evaluations link under My Courses channel
This will bring up a page that says current surveys and lists all the courses that are currently available for evaluation.

For more information or questions, contact us at evaluations@scad.edu.

Student Surveys:
The SCAD Student Survey and the Noel-Levitz Student Satisfaction Inventory will both be administered in Week 6 of
spring quarter . SCAD's office of institutional effectiveness is responsible for gathering and delivering survey results to
decision-makers on campus. For more information or questions, contact us atsurveys@scad.edu.
Please refer to the college catalog or the student handbook for all college policies and procedures.