Thank you so much! I'm so glad they turned out well as I had so many false starts trying to learn how to screen print over the last month that I was about to lose the plot and chuck all the screens out with the rubbish until this weekend when i finally managed to get it to work) I'm thinking about making some cushions i think:)
I'm stlll getting to grips with the whole thing at the moment but only things I would say is persevere - it took me a long time to work out what I was doing, to get the exposure right ( I kept totally over-exposing them as I had read the exposure times in a book, but I had bought a much more powerful lamp so I was burning the crap out of the screens and they weren't working at all!) and also don't rush it - I was coating screens that weren't quite dry and then when I went to wash off the design half the emulsion would come off with it! Reading this comment, I think I am probably better at giving advice on what NOT to do! - Good luck:) I am going to try some new ones this week - if I have coated the screens properly this time! So I will put them on the blog when they are done.
My first screenprints, done today, the first of many I hope!
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these are gorgeous! What will you use them for? I am especially in love with the birds, they are soo cute!
Thank you so much! I'm so glad they turned out well as I had so many false starts trying to learn how to screen print over the last month that I was about to lose the plot and chuck all the screens out with the rubbish until this weekend when i finally managed to get it to work) I'm thinking about making some cushions i think:)
They're brilliant!
Nice work hopefully I will be as sucessful with my attempts! And tips?!
I'm stlll getting to grips with the whole thing at the moment but only things I would say is persevere - it took me a long time to work out what I was doing, to get the exposure right ( I kept totally over-exposing them as I had read the exposure times in a book, but I had bought a much more powerful lamp so I was burning the crap out of the screens and they weren't working at all!) and also don't rush it - I was coating screens that weren't quite dry and then when I went to wash off the design half the emulsion would come off with it! Reading this comment, I think I am probably better at giving advice on what NOT to do! - Good luck:) I am going to try some new ones this week - if I have coated the screens properly this time! So I will put them on the blog when they are done.
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