Today I started printing my final designs for this module. It was a very frustrating and laborious project, due to several reasons.
STRUGGLES:
- Time limitations- I had a briefing and a photoshoot for my student governor duties, meaning I only had limited time in the afternoon to complete the prints
- I really found it difficult to gain the right transparency for the pink, it took several revisions and additions of medium to make it transparent enough
- Printing with metallic binder was far more difficult than I had anticipated, as it was difficult to pull it through the screen, and I had to ask for help from Mike and spend a long time adding small amounts more of the binder and black ink to give it more presence on the page
- I found the registration quite difficult, as my designs are fairly abstract, and I had to ensure I kept my designs organised so that I knew which compositions I was printing onto and which way round
SUCCESSES:
- Taping up half the screen to avoid having to change the screen with each change of colour
- Fitting 6 positives onto one large screen to lessen the amount of time I spent changing and cleaning screens
- By planning colour ways earlier, I knew exactly which colours to mix, it was only the transparency which I needed to work on
- By working through the whole day, I was able to keep the bed I was working at and alternate between my screens
- I was really pleased that I managed to completely finish 3 x four colour screen prints and two colours on three other prints. I also was able to strip and coat a fourth screen
WHAT NEXT:
- Expose the final screen
- Print the final two colours
- Experiment with monoprint to get a stronger silver colour
- Use the leftover cut outs from positives to monoprint/ as stencils
WHAT DID I LEARN:
- The importance of having spare medium when screen printing
- How to manipulate the transparency of inks to reveal the layers I want
- To leave long stretches of time to work in the print room to account for error
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