Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Screen Printing

Today I had an adventure in silk screen printing with my friend Andrea. I brought a cut paper leaf design to Andrea's studio and, using a thermofax machine, she was able to make it into a screen for printing.




I was able to make prints on paper and fabric, practicing a technique I had never tried before. It was a lot of fun! In March Andrea and I are doing a demonstration of silk screening and collage, and I'll be using my leaf as part of a collage. I'll be experimenting with this throughout the rest of this month and will show my ideas here. Meanwhile - thanks, Andrea, for an enjoyable lesson!


8 comments:

  1. Cool!! I love your leaf and can't wait to see more :).
    Stay inspired!

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  2. Silk screening is such an enjoyable technique. Your leaf translates beautifully. Be warned, it can be highly addictive. Can't wait to see what you come up with.

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  3. How wonderful to try something new. I have always wanted to try silk screen printing. I love your leaf design and look forward to seeing what else you do:)
    xxx

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  4. You're welcome Judy! Yes, collaborations are fun and as Sharon commented, silkscreen printing IS highly addictive, but not fattening!!!!!

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  5. LOVE leaves and this one
    makes my heart grin....looks
    like it's drifting on breeze:)
    -Jennifer

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  6. It looks like a really interesting technique Judy and I think it would make some lovely fabric book covers! x

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  7. Judy, That looks like so much fun. Wish I was there to join you.

    Julie

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