Printing process shots

​Thought I'd share a few snaps showing the progress of my latest screen print with you!

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First of all I get some rough sketches together to whittle down ideas, here were my final 2 in sketch form.​

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Then on sheets of paper I ​ separate out my colour layers and begin inking in!

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After scanning and a little tidy up my image was ready to be printed out onto acetates!​ Here are my two layers of acetate and my hand torn paper ready to rock and roll at the studio.

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After coating, exposing, and washing out my screen I wait for it to dry (next to my bike helmet, yeah!)
Can you spot the fox and the flowers?​

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While my screen dries off I start mixing up my inks...​

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...setting up the print bed...​

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And then I run a few test prints onto some newsprint just to make sure colours are spot on and the design is printing through properly, and then it's onto the hand torn (precious) paper!​

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Ta da! A sunny new addition to my print family, what do you think?​

Louise x