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Impact Of Combining Traditional Printmaking With Contemporary Digital Print, Harumi Okoshi
Impact Of Combining Traditional Printmaking With Contemporary Digital Print, Harumi Okoshi
Journal of Undergraduate Research at Minnesota State University, Mankato
For this project, I would like to combine the precision of computer-generated graphics with the warm-feel of traditional printmaking as a way to integrate traditional art practices with new technology. Graphic design is regarded as commercial art, such as designing packages or posters, and is separate from fine art. As a graphic designer, my goal is to develop meaningful visual solutions. Through the presentation of my project, I will demonstrate a way to introduce traditional printmaking into contemporary graphic art. There are a lot of preparations involved for traditional printmaking. You have to make several proofs before you actually print …
A Language In Becoming, Camille C. Hawbaker
A Language In Becoming, Camille C. Hawbaker
School of Art, Art History, and Design: Theses and Student Creative Work
Words as I have known them are evolving concepts in the landscape of human language, where the meanings of words are interwoven with layers of history and culture. The boundaries of language are defined by words, and around the edges are instinctive sounds that precede and exceed meaning. These sounds are an interrupting force that unsettles the linguistic structure. We often use them for expression in the form of sobs, grunts, moans, murmurs, chants, obscenities and exclamations. They appear in times of spontaneous emotion that words cannot convey. They can also be used purposely, poetically, “…to shatter [one’s] judging consciousness …
Exploring Distortion And Clarity In The Modern Printed Portrait, Karina M. Harper
Exploring Distortion And Clarity In The Modern Printed Portrait, Karina M. Harper
Summer Research
My work has focused on two sides of the artistic process: inspiration and application. While studying abroad, I read, saw, and experienced modern France, living with a host family in Dijon. In the midst of this, I researched the work of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, a French printmaker who utilized the lithographic process and pushed it forward as a modern and respected art practice. Lithography is a type of art involving changing the chemical nature of limestone to attract ink where an image is drawn with greasy pens. Returning to the Puget Sound campus and to one of the few lithograph …