SCREEN PRINTING ( NOTES )

SCREEN PRINTING 

We went to the screen printing room and were shown how to screen print.

We took a lot of notes to help us later on with screen printing .

The first time I inked the silk screen canvas it didn't go as planned but as it was my first time ever at this technique I thought I didn't do bad. It took me a couple of tries at covering the whole of the canvas. As the canvas is exposed to the light you need to work quickly at covering it, something I need to practice. This was a new learning experience for me at University as the closest I have ever come to doing screen printing was my mono-prints from last year.

NOTES:

SILK SCREEN PRINTING

CLIP IN SCREEN > SCREEN VACUUM BASED

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE LID DOWN OR IT WILL BLIND YOU

EXPOSURE >0-5 SECONDS

DRY CABINET > 20MINS /30MINS

SPRAY WASH

HEALTH AND SAFETY

BLINDNESS ON MACHINES (EXPOSURE)

CHEMICALS

CARDBOARD WINDOWS

COAT > WITH BLACK TUB > GREEN INSIDE > STIR IT WELL WITH SOMETHING THIN (MAYBE A PIECE OF THIN WOOD).

MIROLINOSE LIGHT INTO IT

MIXES > LOSES EFFECT > WORK QUICK

CARDBOARD ON FLOOR SO YOU DON'T SLIP

GET DONE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE

45 DEGREES > HORIZONTAL > NOT TOO MUCH

FLIP SIDE > ANGLE TOUCH THE SCREEN > PUT PRESSURE > AND THEN LIFT OFF AT THE END > BUT NOT TO CLOSE THE EDGES

DON'T GO RIGHT UP TO THE EDGES.

AFTER WE HAVE FINISHED THAT > GET AS MUCH INK AS POSSIBLE BACK INTO THE POT AS POSSIBLE.

PRINTER

A4 SECTION >PORTRAIT DRAW> LOGIN PHOTOCOPYING IT > UNPLUG IT A4 PORTRAIT > 2 COPIES WINDOW LIGHT BOX

(USING ACETATE, SELLOTAPE, PHOTOCOPY A5 PHOTO)

GLOSSY SIDE BOTH FACING ME.

FRAME UP WITH SCREEN PRINTS UNDERNEATH .FRAME THEM UP WITH THE LAST DESIGNS BUT NOT TOO MUCH THAT OURS DON'T SHOW AND OVERLAP EACH OVERS AS WELL

PUT THEM UNDERNEATH THE SCREEN > AND THE SCREEN UPSIDE DOWN

For my first time doing screen printing I thought I did okay. It took me a couple of times but other than that it was good.

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