wires w.i.p, part 2
over the weekend i finished re-creating my wires polaroid digitally, and had a transparency made. i burned the screen, and dang it, my lines are too thin. you can see them on the screen (above), but when i print they barely show. so. yesterday i thickened up my lines, had another transparency made, and burned a new screen before i went to bed. this time it looks like the lines are thick enough. printing will commence tonight…
June 15th, 2009 at 6:43 am
I love this.
June 15th, 2009 at 7:59 am
Very cool… Love the color.
June 15th, 2009 at 8:11 am
It looks great! I have no idea what you mean about making transparencies and burning screens, but I get the drift. Have fun printing!
June 15th, 2009 at 8:32 am
sorry, i’ve been vague so the post doesn’t get wordy… i have the artwork printed onto a transparency at kinkos. then i coat the screen with photo emulsion (that’s the green you see on the screen above). when the emulsion is dry, i place the artwork (the transparency) onto the screen and expose it for 45 minutes under a light bulb, then rinse away the emulsion that wasn’t exposed, which reveals the design. next step: printing.
June 15th, 2009 at 8:56 am
That makes sense! Thanks for the explanation. I’ve only done pre-set up screens before so the lingo was eluding me.
June 15th, 2009 at 10:27 am
Oh Sweet Nellie – I AM IN LOVE!! I’m actually loving the look of your screen, with the white against the greenish/grey! Okay, since we aren’t going to have time to do a photo emulsion screenprinting this weekend, I’m begging you to do a tutorial with photos and steps sometime on the blog. PRETTY, PRETTY, PLEASE! I would even bake something delicious and mail it to you as a thank you!
June 15th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
this is my favourite work of yours ever. EVER.
and yes please to a tutorial! i remember doing that at art class sometime in high school, but i’d love a reminder.
June 15th, 2009 at 6:59 pm
This is so cool! As if I didn’t want to try screenprinting enough already.