After pulling a run of prints, I found a good idea for signing them! I also have my next project, re-working an old design. I’ll be trying in copper and black ink as a diptych. hjalmerw
This week we pulled another run of prints, “nism̓a” (land), run of 50. We pulled them on the 156 screen, which worked way better than the 110. We also removed the ship from the previous design, as I did not like the amount of detail that was allowed on this size print (11″x 14″ size…
We are really excited to try out the new 230 screens we have on the way in order to make our 2-colour print again, but in the mean time we’ve been up to a couple of other adventures. There was a loss in our Tla-o-qui-aht community last week, and we wanted to make a print…
This week we attempted a two-colour print, of a design I drew on the iPad. We realized that the free program wasn’t high enough resolution. We tried a couple other free ones before taking everyone’s advice and buying Procreate. My wife used Procreate to clean up the design and divide it into two layers for…
Week 2 has gone relatively well, with a few bumps along the way. We coated our screen on Thursday morning, and stored it in our darkened closet. It was nice and shielded from the light, but definitely took a bit longer to dry then we had hoped! We will get a heater for our space…
After some major issues with a live printing video, I have decided just breakdown and just write a post! Throughout the course of the next 10 weeks, I am excited to not only print, and learn more about silkscreen printing, but also sharing our experiences through blog posts, as well as video documentation, once we…