Abstract
The goal of this special major in printmaking and photography was to bridge the two art forms through photo etching using classical and modern methods. In the process of learning large format photography, intaglio printmaking (photogravure), and non-etch intagliotype printing, I expanded the project to include platinum and palladium printing (making platinotypes and platino-palladiotypes). The continuity among the mediums rested upon the images, a few of which were printed in more than one medium. Landscapes, floral still-lifes, architecture, and a few portraits came together in a body of complementary work consisting of fifty-two images in four sizes. The thesis exhibition was installed and open for a week in the Robert Else Gallery; it included short technical labels to explain the three mediums. Viewer response was strong and positive. The thesis essay offers written support for the project: its rationale, progress, difficulties, images, aesthetics, relationship to the history of art, processes, and meaning to me, its creator.