Screenprinting Technician, Printmaking, The Royal College of Art, London
Deadline : Thursday, December 18, 2008
Full Time
£32,728 – £35,566 per annum
The Royal College of Art is the only entirely postgraduate institution of university status that is devoted to the study of art, design and communication. The College has some 800 students.
The Printmaking Department has a long and distinguished history, being one of the oldest sections of the College, yet remaining one of its most vital and successful parts. Printmaking attracts a strong application and provides a fruitful creative experience for students who go on into careers as artists, teachers and designers of all kinds.
Essential to the education received is the development of technical collaborative skills that are transferable assets as well as strong conceptual and theoretical abilities. Our students are recruited from a wide base of art and design undergraduate courses. The Department also acts as a service area to the rest of the Royal College and our technical staff are involved in a variety of problem-solving roles to realise the ambitions of its students and staff.
The Printmaking Department also has an ambitious fine art publishing programme, which involves the technical staff in production. The department also works with students across the college providing for example stencils for the ceramic and glass and textiles students who do not have access to oil based inks. We run evening classes for students throughout the college and sometimes for external groups.
This is an exciting time for the printmaking department at the Royal College of Art as we are about to move to purpose built new workshops which in Battersea where we will continue to deliver the high quality work which has always been the hallmark of the RCA print department.
Purpose of role:
• The main purpose of the role is to provide technical instruction and assistance in all aspects of screenprinting to MA and Research students and Staff in the Printmaking department.
• To implement health and safety guidelines and maintain a safe and clean working environment for all workshop users.
• The post holder will manage the budget for the area, ordering materials and equipment and keep abreast of technical developments in the field.
• The post-holder will liaise with all users of the department external (as advised by the professor) and internal, cost all projects and advise all users on the most economic means of production whilst aiming for the highest technical standards.
• To supervise and allocate duties to a support technician.
• To work as part of a team of technicians in particular to liaise with the reprographics and digital technicians on the production of film for stencils and with the etching technical instructor to produce screen-printed resists for acid etching.
• To encourage the use of multiple processes and collaboration in the production of student work.
• Provide advice and technical support students and staff from other departments within the RCA and if necessary to print work or delegate work to be printed for such students.
• To work in close collaboration with visiting artists, students and staff on publishing projects. To help in all aspects of their production including collation and packaging.
• The post holder will work closely with the Professor in the development of the new workshops at Battersea. Where it is envisaged there will be some access to water based systems.
• The post holder will attend such course meetings as are deemed necessary by the professor, these currently include termly course forums and weekly team meetings.
• To delegate work to the assistant technician ad train where appropriate.
• Any other duties as reasonably required by the professor.
Further Information
http://www.rca.ac.uk/Default.aspx?ContentID=161275&GroupID=159756&CategoryID=36550&More=1
Royal College of Art
Kensington Gore
London SW7 2EU
