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CAEL2080: Introduction to Etching Through Drawing

2025 unit information

This unit of study will introduce you to the principal materials and techniques of etching and intaglio plate printing. You will follow a project-based curriculum in a broad range of process based workshops that investigate the reprographic potential and material character of drawing through the medium of print. You will explore the historical and contextual relationship between drawing and printmaking; its industrial heritage, its specific rich and sensuous graphic quality and its potential for repeatable copies. You will develop visual research and critical analysis skills and safe studio work practices to support the production of conceptually engaging and technically well resolved works.

Unit details and rules

Managing faculty or University school:

Arts and Social Sciences

Study level Undergraduate
Academic unit Sydney College of the Arts
Credit points 6
Prerequisites:
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12 credit points at 1000 level in CAVA or 12 credit points at 1000 level in CASF
Corequisites:
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None
Prohibitions:
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None
Assumed knowledge:
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None

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

  • LO1. demonstrate familiarity with current technologies in this field of practice and be able to appreciate the historical and theoretical significance of those technologies
  • LO2. engage effectively with user-driven experimentation, co-operative learning and peer-to- peer project initiatives
  • LO3. demonstrate innovative practice and experimental inquiry by applying the skills, knowledge and the means directed to access new and traditional technologies related to etching
  • LO4. engage constructively in peer group feedback sessions
  • LO5. critically evaluate your work and communicate your ideas, intentions and outcomes during individual and peer group feedback sessions.

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Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 2 2024
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 2 2025
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
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Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2021
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney

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