Monday, September 29, 2008

Silk screening: step two, attempt two

I realized that after cleaning the screen, I blew out some of the detail of the image. I wouldn't be able to get a nice crisp print like the original painting I did with the drawing fluid. Regardless, I wanted to make the best of what I had left, and I think I managed to get one decent print. My standards have become pretty low at this point...







The lesson I have learned from all of this is as follows:

- choose a design without thin lines in between

- use enough screen filler (I didn't, and I ended up having to coat the screen more than once which is not recommended)

- be careful when washing out the drawing fluid or cleaning the screen so as not to blow out the image

- don't give up


I definitely want to try this again. Despite the mess, I had fun.

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