Printmaking
Instructor: Roy Nydorf
Printmaking classes at Guilford College include different types of printmaking - etching, woodcut, and advanced color printmaking. Composition, line, and texture are stressed while learning the technique of making prints. Etching classes particularly focus on the graphic fundamentals of the image as well as techniques involving acid etching. In advanced color printmaking, the use of hand coloring, chine colle, and relief color using a stencil are developed, producing professional quality work that is collected in a portfolio.
The printmaking studio is a large open space, with different work areas for the different stages of making prints. Wide tables provide you with plenty of space to draft ideas and carve or draw on your plate without being crowded. There are 2 large etching presses (Charles Brand and Takasch). The acid station is a glass enclosed space for the safety of the students in the studio. Drying racks are also available for students to store their work in a safe and orderly place.
Students regularly go on field trips to experience outside collections and exhibitions of prints and professional printmakers are invited to visit classes to share their experiences and creative influences. Bill Fick, Loy McWhirter, Tom Huck and John Gall were recent visitors.