Screen Printing

Today we did some screen printing with Kim.  Keen to keep my chosen image along the same theme as bugs and beetles, I chose a random picture off the web of a fly.

Dye was applied to the screen, this was dragged over the image, producing the final print.  This process could be applied to many different textures, including paper, wood, fabric, acetate and card. 

I applied it onto a piece of wood, which I thought produced a good image, where you could clearly see the vein detail on the wings.  Then I tried it on a totally different texture, which was a very thin and delicate paper sewing pattern.  I enjoyed the contrast of the sewing pattern with this random red fly printed on it.  Finally I  did two prints in different colours on plain paper.

I was very taken with the results of my first attempt at printing, I know there's plenty of room for improvement, but  I can see how this process could be used in many different ways to produce some interesting designs, and I'm really looking forward to doing it again and incorporating it into a larger piece of work.

Screen Ready For Using

First Attempt At The Fly





Printing On To  A Piece of Wood

Fine Wing Detail

Fine Sewing Pattern Tissue Paper

Two Colour