Here's what I've learned about screenprinting: IT IS AWSOME. It's what we've been studying in my textiles class lately. Here are my two samples; the designs were made using a stencil I cut out with an X-acto knife and they're meant to be deeply layered. Each is around 2 feet long--these are just details!
They took about 5 hours each to finish. After each color the screen, stencil, squeegee and spatula had to be rinsed and dried, and the fabric had to dry as well. Who knew that screenprinting was mostly about clumsily spraying myself with water and then using a hair dryer to blowdry the paint?
(Second post about Chicago coming up next!)
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