- Order white mesh screen for the day you need (leaving 3 days to prepair it)
- Blow up final design on photocopier and then print onto acetate
- Place acetate onto exsposure unit with the white mesh screen on top
- Press the vacume button, then
start once the time is up turn the vacume off and you can now take the screen out.
- Soak the screen until you can see your image clearly and then place into dryer.
- make up ink using- 3 spoons of standard binder and half a spoon of chosen coloured ink.
- align screen with a straight edge, place kaliko material underneath making sure its in line with your image (stick down with masking tape to keep it from moving)
- Place enough ink to cover image and then use the squeegee to move the ink down the screen making sure you have it at an angle.
- Place on drying rack and your done!
Screen Print artist: Andy Warhol- Screen printing
The Marilyn canvases were early examples of Warhol’s use of silkscreen printing, a method the artist experimented with,
recalling: 'In August 62 I started doing silkscreens. I wanted something stronger that gave more of an assembly line effect. With silkscreening you pick a photograph, blow it up, transfer it in glue onto silk, and then roll ink across it so the ink goes through the silk but not through the glue. That way you get the same image, slightly different each time. It was all so simple quick and chancy. I was thrilled with it. When Marilyn Monroe happened to die that month, I got the idea to make screens of her beautiful face the first Marilyns'.
Flock and Foil:
- Use the print screen you used previously for the screen printing.
- Use glue to run through print (2 pulls for paper and 4 pulls for fabric)
- Leave for 20-25mins
- Place foil shiny side up on top of you glued design and place onto heat press.
- Pull down and leave until the it plays a tune (this is how you no the time is up)
- Take out and leave to cool before, peeling off.
- Do the same with flocking but place flocking, flock side down on the glue.
Artist: Bruce Talbert
Although trained initially as a carver and later as an architect Talbert became best known as a decorator and furniture designer. He ran a design studio buying in work from freelance designers.
His textile designs were produced by Warner's, Templeton's, Cowlishaw, Nichol & Co. and Barbour & Mille
r and carpets by Templeton's and Brinton & Co. His two publications, Gothic Forms 1867 and the posthumously
published Fashionable Furniture, 1881, reflect changing fashions of the late 19th century
Dry Point:
- Place paper in water tray for about 10 mins before printing
- Etch design into acetate
-Place some extender (small blob) and coloured ink onto a glass plate and mix it all together using a piece of card.
- Pull the inked card across etch (not placing to much on it)
- Using a couple of pages from an old phone book, wipe off the
majority of the ink so it leaves just your etching with a little ink on it.
- Place soaked paper into the roller press with design underneath and roll.
Artist: Pierre Auguste Renoir
Le Chapeau Épinglé. La Fille de Berthe Morisot et sa Cousine.('The Pinned Hat') was reproduced by Renoir in six different prints, three etchings and three litho
graphs.
The etching was created when Renoir was on holiday in Northern France with Berthe Morisot and
her family. Julie Manet was a favourite model for Renoir and occasionally drew her on the beach. with her cousin who was adjusting the pin on her large sun hat
Lino Printing:
- Etch design into lino
- Use Block based ink and a roller to go over lino design
- Place into the press with paper and pull the handle twice ensuring it has enough pressure on it.
- Take out and leave to dry.
Artist: Eileen Schaer
Schaer’s linoprints are hand printed on Japanese Tosa Shi Paper using a
traditional Japanese Burin which consists of a bamboo leaf stretched and then tied over a circular disc
My Own Prints:
Screen Printing:
I started off by creating some photocopies to see what size i had made my logo, and while playing i inverted the colour which made the feather stand out on the black background which made a really nice effect as the feather looks like an x-ray- really delicate.
I chose to use a light purple ink as lighter Purples are more romantic and delicate. I think this print turned out well for a first attempt.
I think this print came out really well i mixed my two colours together by placing blobs of each colours at the top of the screen making the bottom of the feather a light pink and the top a light purple.
I printed onto a textured fabric to see what sort of effect i would get, I like the way it has turned out as it made the design really stand out and the fabric seems to have made the ink spread, which makes the logo look a bit better.
Lino Printing:
When i did my first print, it didnt come out that well, as the ink i used was a bit watery but it still printed my logo just very lightly. I quite like the effect it has made. looks like the feather is under water.
My second attempt came out alot better, as i had changed inks although the print itself hasn't come out as clear as i would of like it to. Possibly needed to add more ink.
I feel this print came out really well as i used more ink then i used on the last one.
I also tried printing onto a graph paper which i feel has come out well as there is a pattern underneath my logo.
