Elements and Performance Criteria
- Research printmaking ideas and techniques
- Support professional practice by expanding own knowledge of historical and contemporary printmaking practice
- Research ways that other artists have used different printmaking techniques
- Investigate how particular printmaking techniques work to achieve different technical effects
- Evaluate the relationships between printmaking techniques and ideas
- Adapt and use relevant ideas and approaches with consideration of intellectual property requirements
- Select printmaking techniques for refinement
- Consolidate printmaking technique to professional level
- Establish and follow safe work practices for selected techniques
- Develop increasing confidence and skill through practice and experimentation
- Proactively identify and resolve technical problems in printmaking projects based on developing expertise
- Challenge and test ideas, and allow new and unpredictable ideas to emerge
- Evolve ideas and other professional skills through ongoing experimentation with technique
- Develop own ways of working with techniques to create individual style
- Create a coherent body of printmaking work that shows command of selected printmaking techniques
- Evaluate own printmaking technique