Bought this wonderful book a few weeks ago. It shows several techniques, and I've been trying them out. I did a screenprinting course many years ago and loved what I could do with it, but I'm too impatient now to sit and paint the screen with shellac, and I don't have the equipment and emulsion to use the photographic technique. So when I saw this, I was delighted!
You cut out the bottom of a polystyrene tray (such as veges are sometimes packed in)
(I taped some "handles" to the underside, so I could hold them.)
... and then you scribble patterns into the styrofoam with a pen or whatever. Roll on paint and print away.
It prints imperfectly, but I like the charm of it. And you get better as you do it more.
Bought this wonderful book a few weeks ago. It shows several techniques, and I've been trying them out. I did a screenprinting course many years ago and loved what I could do with it, but I'm too impatient now to sit and paint the screen with shellac, and I don't have the equipment and emulsion to use the photographic technique. So when I saw this, I was delighted!
You cut out the bottom of a polystyrene tray (such as veges are sometimes packed in)
(I taped some "handles" to the underside, so I could hold them.)
... and then you scribble patterns into the styrofoam with a pen or whatever. Roll on paint and print away.
It prints imperfectly, but I like the charm of it. And you get better as you do it more.
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