Colour separation

This blog is about colour separation. I have learnt this so when designing my screens for screen printing I would only have to use 3 screens when using 5 or more colours.

Small image

This picture was what I used to practice colour separation. It is quite a simple one that didn't take me long to trace. The main colours are orange, blue, green, yellow, red and purple.

Tracing - Red

This tracing would be the screen that I would print in red. I also filled in the parts that would be orange because when you print yellow on top of red it makes orange. And also purple because blue and red make purple.

Tracing - Blue

This is my tracing for the screen that would print blue. I filled in the parts that would be purple, green too because when you add red and yellow it makes these colours.

Tracing - Yellow

The final tracing was for the screen that would be yellow. On this one I also filled in the parts that would be green because blue and yellow make green.

I also learnt that if I wanted to darken or lighten any colours I would not be able to do it this way I would have to do separate screens. 

I had a great time doing this lesson because it is good to know when designing the screens that you don't have to use too many screens to get the colours you want. I will be able to consider this in future designs.

Paint Testing

Also in this lesson I had a play around with some of the kimoto pake paint, pens and pencils to see what sort of effects you can have a go with. The paint is good for bigger areas although I find that you have less control and you can make mistakes easily. 

Pen Testing

The pens are okay but sometimes when you press down with them some of the ink leaks out of the pens and creates big splodges that are hard to fix. 

Pencil Testing

Then finally I tested the pencils. These are better to use for more fine art pieces in my opinion but I would love to see what it it looks when exposed onto a screen.

Weaving on plastic frame

When I visited The University of Huddersfield on a taster day they taught me how to do weaving on plastic frames. It is a fun technique that I found really cool to use, it was something I hadn't done before but got the hang of quite easily.

Weaving

It is really easy to do and it is like weaving on a cardboard loom apart from you tie the beginning and the end of the warp to the frame. You can have a look at the weaving on a cardboard by clicking on this link: http://jessicaturnerart.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/weaving-on-cardboard-loom.html

Weaving

Finished Weaving

My finished piece looks really nice the colours are taken from my research on William Morris and Gustav Klimt that I thought looked great together. I especially like the yellow and green yarn because of it's texture.

Emboidery

I have done some quick sewing on my new sewing machine. I did some applique with wallpaper and testing of different stitches.

My sewing machine

Sewing on cotton

This piece was just to test the machine and make sure it was set up correctly which it was.

Stitches on cotton

These two pieces look at the different stitches my sewing machine does. I like the zig zag stitches and the wavy ones.

Close-up of stitches

Applique

I love the applique with wallpaper its very different but looks really nice.

Weaving on cardboard loom



For this project I have looked a lot at different ways of weaving. This week I looked at weaving on a cardboard loom. It is a very straightforward process that you can do anywhere on a flat surface.

When using this process you need to have, a cardboard loom (you can make this yourself), yarn/wool, a weaving needle (if you want to use one) and masking tape. The only health and safety I would say is to be careful if your using a weaving needle that you don't hurt yourself or others and if you have a ball of wool/string/felt and its trailing on the floor make sure no one trips over it.



Start of my weave

First tape the end of your wool/yarn to the back of the cardboard loom with the masking tape. Then wrap the wool around the cardboard loom making it go between each of the cuts at the ends of the loom. Once at the end cut the wool from the ball and tape the end to the back of the loom. After this you can start your weave. You can then select another colour of wool and attach it to a weaving needle. Then you go under and over the strands of wool until you get to the end and then you go back in the other direction but when it went over you go under an vise versa. Once you've finished you and reached the en you need to cut it off the loom from the back. You then tie the ends together so the weave doesn't come undone then your weave is complete.

 My Weave

My Weave

Close-up of weave

My finished weave

I love my weave it is so simple and quick to make. I enjoyed experimenting with the colours of wool and patterns on my weave and they look very effective. The one problem I had with my weave was that it lost its shape from the the wool been woven too tight so I would change it next time.