Matthew Greco

Digital Pinhole Imaging & Large Format Printing will emphasize the design and creative aspects of image making through the design-thinking and making of a lens less camera utilizing a laser cutter; capturing, preparing and printing of digital images; and the digital workflow of large format printing on various media with archival pigment inkjet printers. This course will reinforce the basics of photography such as composition, subject matter, and point of view through close critique of student work. In addition to the traditional concerns of photography we will explore the effects that new digital tools have on the art of photography and how we communicate with this new photography. The course will study the aesthetic of pinhole photography and its tendency toward abstraction with a focus on new and non-traditional inkjet media. This course will be as much about making with your hands as it will be seeing with your eyes. This course will examine the digital design and fabrication process required to design and create a laser cut pinhole camera. Students will learn the design, fabrication, and coding required to create a simple digital sensor, and the production workflow of large format digital printing.

3D Modeling/Printing and Casting will emphasize the role new technologies play in imaging and analog sculptural processes. In this course students will learn how to take advantage of imaging technology such as 3D modeling and printing as it applies to the traditional ceramic practice of slip casting. The course will explore the rudiments of 3D modeling, how to prepare 3D files for 3D printing using Fused Deposition Modeling, the basics of molding models in plaster, the unique properties of ceramic slip, the process of producing multiples through slip casting, and glazing/firing the finished castings. Students will study the aesthetic qualities of translating 2D images into 3D sculptural form as well as the technical aspects of the process.