Final Screen Print Design
A lot of problem solving!
- Red paper was sold out so I opted for the maroon
- I was polite and asked if I could print out my cape design onto my coloured paper either using the library printers or using the photocopier, rather than just putting the paper in without asking or getting into trouble. I was denied as the paper "could jam up the machines." What do I do now?!! I just bought this paper and had it cut to size!!
- I turned the cape design into a bitmap using the information sheet from estudio and planned to do a two layer screen print to at least have my design on the coloured paper and something to show for the morning session. Would this be okay for the brief?
- However! Upon printing out my bitmap, the design was completely ruined and there were lines throughout the bitmap dot work because of the rollers in the black and white printer. Either the rollers needed cleaning or other people had put their coloured paper into the printer previously and messed it up. This was no longer an option - I could not screen print with a ruined design and it would take an awful lot of fixing with tape or special gel that is just too much work and prep for the time we have in the session.
- I got in touch with the digital print workshop down in the basement so I would screen print my lettering first and then print my design on afterwards
- However! Mike in the print room very kindly printed my design on all 20 pieces of coloured paper using the printer in the print room office and my design from my USB key. Hurrah!
- So much problem solving in under an hour and a few avenues I could have taken. I'm proud of myself for thinking on my feet, coming up with a number of different solutions, being proactive with emailing the print room and creating a bitmap, image which I've never done before, even though I was against the clock for the screen printing session - and not feeling defeated which is very easy for me to do after a few hard years and bad mental health.
Playful Outcomes
- After I got a number of perfect prints, I wanted to push my design further and be playful with the alignment of the text and the image
- I also did a number of pulls onto one image to create a very thick and very textural font as the paint was drying at this point. I really liked the texture, coming out in dots and lines, and thought it added a lot of character to the print; evoking a darker tone, textures like wood and stone for graves and wooden stakes, and a feeing of an older and ancient being.
- Changing the alignment of the text, particularly where it overlayed multiple times, also gave a feeling of the type being made from ancient signs and symbols. Like a hidden or forgotten language!
- The ghost prints were particularly interesting giving me feelings of apparitions or spooky hidden meanings. Multiple layers to be unearthed.
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