Monday, July 14, 2008

SILKSCREEN SNITCHES

One thing is for sure- this is a learning process. here is the process in a jist:

1: buy 150$ worth of supplies.
2: make a 2d design (has to be mono-tone.
3. scan the drawing and reverse it. (i forgot to reverse).
4. print the drawing onto transparencies.
5. take that transparency, and place it on top of a photo-emulsion drenched, dried silkscreen.
6. expose the screen-thereby leaving the blackened areas still kinda gooey, and the light-exposed crusty dry.
7. waterblast out the gooey stuff.
8. put a piece of paper down, put the silscreen on top. dump some ink in.
9. use a squeegee to drag ink across the screen- thereby leaving ink where the holes are.
10. examine your image and find out your mesh is wrong, the image is bad and the ink is too viscous.
11. repeat after you get frustrated, then cool down and buy another 20$ screen and try new settings.




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