So this week was a bust. My emulsion didn’t seem quite dry and for whatever reason I exposed it anyways. I also left it on for 1 minute too long due to technical difficulties. I was trying too hard to come up with a solid design and it took me 3 days to come up…
I managed to Reclaim both screens, then coating seems to be getting easier. The first screen (156) I tried a grouse wing fan, and a sharpie design on the bottom of a moose, the grouse wing didn’t turn out but the moose design looked ok, but I made a critical error and it pretty obvious…
Was a lot of experimenting this week but we are getting a handle on things. Both of us were doing some tests with hand drawing using the looser tools–the china marker, the oil crayon and the india ink. India Ink + mylar = 🙅🏼♀️ (bottom right corner.) We got a decent burnout. With the old…
Reclaim screen went well, no issued Recoating emulsion was a bit trickier then last time. I panicked and ended up having to put 3 coats on one side and compensated by only putting one coat on other side(not sure if this was a good idea?) Hand drew the Lucky Buddha and traced can using bother…
Washout went okay. I used a hose, a lot of the spray, and a lot of elbow grease. I thoroughly washed out the screen for a very long time, but I wasn’t able to remove all of the emulsion – there were a couple spots. I washed it for so long that I am sure…
Question over here. We are still getting some ghosting and/or some of the emulsion is not coming out via our outdoor hose / emulsion spray setup. Is this OK or do we need to make a mad dash to the carwash? In more positive news these funny silicone gloves we were given as a gift…
I spent some time reworking the turtle moon calendar stencil I made for the collage. I would like to create a better version in Photoshop at some point to print onto a film. I like the idea of Turtle Island being together with the Moon and will have to really work hard at getting the…
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Coating the screen wasn’t easy, but I know It will become easier with practice. Creating a mixed media collage with found materials, and then seeing how everything translates to a print was such a fun surprise! I exposed my collage screen a little too long and the end result was far from what I was…
I didn’t get enough c clamps so my station was wobbly. I will be sure to pick up more asap. My screen somewhat developed but the fine lines didn’t come through. Im not sure if it was my screen, the lines, or my developing. I did one sample on a t-shirt and one on a…