Tuesday, 18 March 2014

Screen printing

Screen printing is a process that requires a stencil that is placed under the a screen and then ink being forced through the stencil onto the material below. Screen printing with stencils is best for blocks of colour.
Instructions:
  1. Mesh is stapled to a wooden or metal frame
  2. Masking tape stuck around underside of the screen
  3. Stencil design cut
  4. Stencil placed under frame but above paper
  5. Line of ink placed at one end of screen
  6. Use squeegee to draw ink across screen, pressing firmly
  7. Carefully lift screen
  8. Evaluate and repeat
I personally done severally different attempts at screen printing with one image and even experimented with the coloured ink to create a little bit of diversity, as seen below. I really enjoyed this task as it was a trial and error type of experiment and allowed for all types of mistakes and still produced a good piece of art. If I were to carry out this task again, I would try a bigger range of colours rather than blue. Overall, I am very happy with the outcome and would like to try this again in the future.






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