Contemporary Issues in Printmaking (Course)

("Melissa Merli: Printmaking Resurrected." Melissa Merli: Printmaking Resurrected. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Nov. 2015. <http://www.news-gazette.com/arts-entertainment/local/2013-10-27/melissa-merli-printmaking-resurrected.html>. )

The speaker of the contemporary issues in print making is Professor Emmy Lingscheit.

I am excited to hear him talk because I grow interest in printmaking after I see them in the hall way of art and design building.

("Dark Roasted Blend: Intricate Japanese Movable Type Sets." Dark Roasted Blend. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Nov. 2015. <http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2012/04/intricate-japanese-movable-type-sets.html>. )

1. 活字印版：Or we call it movable type in English is kind of an early version in printmaking. Chinese people carved each words and rearrange the order of the words and punctuations to create text.

("Printing." Maltese History Heritage. N.p., 24 Apr. 2013. Web. 17 Nov. 2015. <https://vassallohistory.wordpress.com/printing-in-malta/>. )

2. Followed by Germanies: Germanies brought printing press to the world (the techonology is still in use to day in many areas).

("Woodcut by Bryan Nash Gill." – The Trend Report. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Nov. 2015. <http://blog.2modern.com/2012/07/woodcut-by-bryan-nash-gill.html>. )

3. Bryan Nash Gill: a modern artist who dedicated to modern printmaking. In his work woodcut and intersections appear a lot.

("Willie Cole | Artspace." Artspace. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Nov. 2015. <http://www.artspace.com/willie_cole>. )

4. Willie Cole: A well-known artist who use printmaking to speak for African Americans. For the image above, I can recognize them as the ship of slave trade at the first glance.

("Meet The Vancouver Street Artist Who Caught Banksy's Attention." The Huffington Post. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Nov. 2015. <http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/sunny-lenarduzzi/vancouver-street-artist-banksy-iheart_b_4953880.html>. )

5. Banksy: Contemprory printmaking on walls. No longer restricted by papers.