--- wyatt eddy <wyulittle@yahoo.com wrote:
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 00:28:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: wyatt eddy <wyulittle@yahoo.com
Subject: The value of traditional printmaking
To: swearerr@newschool.edu, schaffec@newschoo0l.edu, levitti@newschool.edu, bourgeon@newschool.edu, geldofk@newschool.edu, kirkingc@newschool.edu, monahank@newschool.edu
CC: wwfisher@bellsouth.net, julia@vakser.com
I begin my message by posing some questions: Would anacting major not study classic plays? Would an English major not study classic literature? Would a History major not study history? Why, then, would a student at a design school not study the classic and traditional methods that are the foundation of the design world today? To quote the Parsons website, these methods "broaden students' appreciation of the cultural and intellectual contexts in which art is made."
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Every school has core classes, and printmaking classes are of utmost value for Fine Art and especially Design students. Though now, in the advertising and design world, most work is done digitally, and most layouts are sent to a contracted printer, the more successful designer understands the elements that will produce the best possible hard copy. Both Design and Fine Art students learn, in practice, the result of color mixing in a printmaking context. This, as any student of the field could tell you, is a world apart from the aspects of color mixing in the field of painting or drawing. A first hand experience in the process of four color printing is
imperative to any serious student. To the Design student, it provides insight into the end product of their future work. To the Fine Art student, it opens up a whole new facet to their creativity.
I thank you for your time
Wyatt Eddy
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