Ink & Identity: Exploring Identity and Narrative through Etching and Bookmaking

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

Personal expression and storytelling have been linked to images since the beginning of mark making itself. This course aims to explore how the multiple has created a conduit to enrich expression and widen the reach of storytelling through etching and bookmaking. Etching, a form of printmaking, along with various bookmaking techniques will allow students to explore and develop their own ideas and methodologies. Accompanied with relative readings and experimentation, students will learn fundamental printmaking and bookmaking techniques to create unique prints and handmade books that reflect their identities through narrative. Open to majors and non-majors.