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MA Multi-Disciplinary Printmaking

(Above image: by SooMin Leong, MA Print Graduate, 2010. Cut and layered photographs.)

Staff at the Centre for Fine Print Research lead the MA Multi-Disciplinary Printmaking; a postgraduate course from the Department of Art and Design, Faculty of Art, Creative Industries and Education (ACE). The MA is run by Senior Research Fellow Sarah Bodman, with Lecturer Ian Chamberlain and Research Fellow Tom Sowden. We also have regular contributions from CFPR staff including Paul Laidler, and visiting lecturers and alumni.

A mutually beneficial relationship exists between research staff at the CFPR and MA Printmaking students, with current student internships including 3D printing, artists' books, laser cutting and digital print.

Known for its innovative approach to the production of artworks, artists books, artefacts and texts,MA Multi-Disciplinary Printmaking encourages creative practitioners to develop and explore their ideas through the production of works in multiple formats. The course concentrates on 'making' and the comprehension of a wide range of processes through a combination of contextual knowledge and understanding. It gives you a unique opportunity to develop a range of creative, conceptual, technical and professional skills. Students are taken on from a range of undergraduate degrees including textiles, illustration, graphic design, fine art, ceramics and surface pattern design. The programme is 'modular' allowing the choice, time and flexibility to develop new skills and ambitions. This means that you can adapt your programme of study to best suit your needs. You can also change whether you study full or part-time by changing the number of modules you study each year.

Each year graduating students take part in the Annual Mini-Print exhibition.

If you would like further information about MA courses within the Department of Art and Design please follow the link below: Postgraduate courses

Content
The programme is made up of five modules:

1. Introduction to Multi-Disciplinary Printmaking : 30 credits
This module deals with the wider vocabulary of topics, debates, processes and issues around multidisciplinary print. It allows you to become familiar with the resources available to you and begin to negotiate a programme of independent study.

2. Option Module : 30 credits
At this stage in the course you are able to take one of a series of option modules, each of which have specific sets of concerns related to the practice and theory of art, media and design.
The options are:
Research Methodologies
Enterprise in the Creative Industries
Research Methods

3. Developing Practice: 30 credits
This module builds upon your skills as a practitioner and seeks to develop concepts and ideas through an understanding of the self. It culminates in an illustrated presentation concerned with your work and its context.

4. Practice in a Professional Context : 30 credits
This practice based module requires you to produce to a body of work developed from your previous module. You will have the opportunity to negotiate your own programme of study, which explores and evaluates printmaking or artists' books within a professional context.

The module allows you to explore your practice within or alongside a professional placement/project, which complements your particular abilities and interests. In the majority of cases, this project will take place in collaboration with an external organisation (for example a gallery or museum etc.) but aspects of the project may be conducted within the school.

5. Extended Practice : 60 credits
Building on the experience gained from the previous modules, you undertake to produce a self directed body of work that shows mastery of your subject and contextualises your particular approach to multi-disciplinary printmaking.