Tag: Laura Cochrane
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Suminagashi Workshop
We had a Saturdays at Todd suminagashi workshop today and it was a great success. We had a full class of participants who made a variety of marbled papers. Here of some photo highlights:
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Happy Holidays!
To celebrate the holidays, we are highlighting a Christmas greeting made by Bruce Rogers in 1923 out of letterpress printer’s ornaments that is housed in the Department’s Teaching and Historical collection. As an homage, I made two holiday cards using printers ornaments, although they are digital greetings and were not printed.
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Get your zines!
One last post about MALA 6000. In addition to researching books in the Historical Collections, the students also made their own books in the form of zines, which are shown here. The assignment was to use an existing text and lay it out and illustrate it. The student used a simple format, with all the…
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MALA 6000: Experiencing Rare Books
MALA 6000 is a foundational course for MTSU’s Master’s of Arts in Liberal Arts. This semester, the seminar was organized on the theme of “Experience.” For the Art History block, which was taught by Laura Cochrane, the students got to handle and explore the rare books and other materials in the Department of Art and…
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Course offering for spring 2023: Art History
An art history course next semester that will have an emphasis on book arts, printing, and letterpress is Northern Renaissance Art (ART 3860). Northern Renaissance Art looks at art in Germany, France, the Low Countries, and England from 1400-1600. This period in Europe saw the development of letterpress, intaglio, and relief printing, and was also…
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On the Third Floor of Todd Hall
The Department of Art and Design galleries on the second floor of Todd Hall get a lot of visitors. But we also have artworks on view on the third floor, which houses our Book Arts, Letterpress, and Printmaking studios. Examples of student works are on the walls and there are small exhibitions in cases across…
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Paper Marbling Workshop, Oct. 1, 2022
Marbled paper is a traditional material for decorating book covers and end pages, but it is also used to decorate fabric or to be an artwork in its own right. Historical techniques for creating marbled paper can produce images that look like stone, feathers, or waves. You can join us for a paper marbling experience…
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Book and Print Arts Classes: ART 3960 The Art History of the Book (spring 2022)
ART 3960 is taught by Laura Cochrane and looks at the history of the book from the earliest writings on clay tablets to the modern and contemporary book, including digital books. The class looks at the history of book formats, discussing the shift from scrolls to codices; and from hand written texts and images to…
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Book and Print Arts Classes: ART 4890 Design History (fall 2022)
ART 4890 is an art history class taught by Laura Cochrane that focuses on the history of design since the Industrial Revolution. In the class, students investigate the history of Victorian design, the Arts and Crafts Movement, Art Nouveau, the Vienna Secession, the Bauhaus school, the International Style, and Postmodern design. At the end of…
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