Print Room

For my final 2 days in the print room for Locating, I decided to analyse some earlier samples to see what could be added to improve them. Even one motif added in the right place and colour made a huge difference.

I had tried to create a worn look with the red/brown motif above, and printed with pigment left on the screen after printing another sample. This looked messy and detracted from the design. I went back over it, with a normal amount of pigment and it now works much better, and the 'V' shape formed between it and the devoré motif on the left gives movement to the design.

This sample seemed washed out, so I added a second blue motif in the top left corner which again added movement and much needed colour.

One of my samples looked better on the back than the front; an embellished effect was created ( I had pulled the pigment through the screen too many times in an attempt to get a light colour to show up well) which looked perfectly faded. I recreated this on purpose using the original composition and am pleased with the results:

While considering these earlier samples, I realised that because my samples this week will just involve pigment, I could use fabric I had at home to try out a few different designs. I used a cooler colour palette to push the range of my samples and alter the mood of my samples.

While printing I used blotting paper to protect some of my samples from the overlapping screen; I printed a shape onto the blotting paper just as part of this process, but really liked the result:

As part of Unit X I would like to try screen printing onto paper, as I have never attempted it before, and I'm sure it will present its own challenges.