These are some of my screen printing samples that I have made before my final pieces. They are made on a range of materials and done with a few colours of pigment ink.
Three samples on cotton
in a singular colour
One print on cotton
in two colours
One print on calico heavy
in three colours
One print on cartridge paper
in two colours
The print above was a accidental piece that made. I had printed both prints onto my piece but on the last one forgot to take the paper from underneath my screen this resulted in the print getting stuck to the screen. Then having not noticed I took my screen to the wash out room where I began to wash my screen with the pressure washer. Once I realized I hadn't removed the print it was too late. I removed the print from the screen to find that colours had run or faded in some places. My class mates and tutor decided that it was really good as it looked like I had used soft pastel to create the effect. I love that it turned out well and believe it to be one of my best and favorite prints.
One print on card in
three colours
Unfinished print on watercolour
paper in one colour
This print is one of the few that smudged when using my first screen. There are many reasons this could have happened like the screen moved, I pulled the squeegee over too many times, I lifted the screen up and moved it wrong or pealed the print off wrong. I did try to fix this by putting weights on the screen, pulling the squeegee over once, using bigger sized paper, taping the print to the table and being more careful when getting the print off. This did eventually work and I was able to continue with my samples and learn from my mistakes.
One print on black paper
in one colour
This print didn't show up as well and you can only see the shine of the colour. The ink only shows up on a surface lighter than the colour you are using this is why it hasn't shown up as well.
One print on tissue paper
in one colour
One print on my weave looming done
in three colours
One print done on my wet felting
in three colours
One print on card in two
colours
One print on watercolour paper
in two colours
One print on card on a square piece
in two colours
Although some pieces went wrong I am very happy with what I have produced and look forward to doing more pieces like these.
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