This is the DIY section. Ideas for working stations, washout areas, suppliers, necessary tools, inks, shirts with great hack and low cost solutions for creating great screen prints.
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Tools • Infrastructure • diy
Stuff to know about finding success in your Printmaking journey.
There are 3 things you need will need to have in place to get comfortable This is not so much a course as it is a series of demos, oversharing, and hacks. I share with you my own solutions for creating a screenprinting shop. If you are enrolled in Civilian’s monoprinting collagraph or stenciling courses, much of the set up is explained inside the course space. But you can still benefit from the sections on INK, WASHOUT, REGISTRATION, and SUPPPLIES.
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Air Drying Prints
Air Drying Prints
It’s a good idea to Air Dry your prints before heat curing t-shirts or adding another color on paper.
Here are a few ideas.
Air Drying Prints
It’s a good idea to Air Dry your prints before heat curing t-shirts or adding another color on paper.
Here are a few ideas.
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Washout Options
From removing a stencil to simply removing your ink from the screen, having some sort of water source is important. Here I show you a few home based solutions.
From removing a stencil to simply removing your ink from the screen, having some sort of water source is important. Here I show you a few home based solutions.
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Registration for Printing Paper
Orienting the paper properly will allow you to print successfully and consistently using one color of many colors.
Here I show you a few options.
Orienting the paper properly will allow you to print successfully and consistently using one color of many colors.
Here I show you a few options.
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Sourcing T-Shirts
SOURCING
I share with you my suppliers, ideas for begin creative about solutions and links to vendors and my favorite products.
SOURCING
I share with you my suppliers, ideas for begin creative about solutions and links to vendors and my favorite products.
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Heat Curing
HEAT CURING
Waterbased Inks need HEAT CURING to release the molecular H2O. Your garment will then survive multiple washings without fading.
HEAT CURING
Waterbased Inks need HEAT CURING to release the molecular H2O. Your garment will then survive multiple washings without fading.
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A properly stretched screen sometimes needs just a little bit of help.
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Building a Screen Frame
You can always purchase a frame premade, but you can also build your own wood frames rather inexpensively.
You can always purchase a frame premade, but you can also build your own wood frames rather inexpensively.
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1 • Stretch a Screens
I have 2 screen-stretching Demo Videos. This one is more detailed - thus a bit longer than the 15x15” DEMO below but give you a bit more details in the stretching technique.
I have 2 screen-stretching Demo Videos. This one is more detailed - thus a bit longer than the 15x15” DEMO below but give you a bit more details in the stretching technique.
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2 • Stretching a Screen
In this DEMO VIDEO, You will learn how to Stretch a 15 x 15” Silk Screen. The dimensions of this particular screen work with the DEMO “Build your own Printing station”
In this DEMO VIDEO, You will learn how to Stretch a 15 x 15” Silk Screen. The dimensions of this particular screen work with the DEMO “Build your own Printing station”
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Setting up a Printing Station
In this demo, you will build a Station that works with a 15x15” Screen. You can adjust the measurements to work other size screens as well.s.
In this demo, you will build a Station that works with a 15x15” Screen. You can adjust the measurements to work other size screens as well.s.
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1 • Choosing Inks
1 • CHOOSING Inks
I have been working exclusively with WaterBased inks for the past 30 years. I share a few brands and how I set up for mixing, storing and working with them. *** I DO NOT USE PLASTISOL INKS
1 • CHOOSING Inks
I have been working exclusively with WaterBased inks for the past 30 years. I share a few brands and how I set up for mixing, storing and working with them. *** I DO NOT USE PLASTISOL INKS
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2 • Mixing Inks
2 • MIXING Inks
Here I show you how to properly mix waterbased inks, the proper viscosity for successful printing, and how to maximize transparency. *** I DO NOT USE PLASTISOL INKS
2 • MIXING Inks
Here I show you how to properly mix waterbased inks, the proper viscosity for successful printing, and how to maximize transparency. *** I DO NOT USE PLASTISOL INKS
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3 • Testing Inks
TESTING IS VERY INPORTANT! You will discover the TRANSPARENCY and OPACITY of the inks you have purchased before to make more informed decisions when printing your editions.
TESTING IS VERY INPORTANT! You will discover the TRANSPARENCY and OPACITY of the inks you have purchased before to make more informed decisions when printing your editions.
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Roughing up and degreasing the fabric.
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ScreenFiller
REMOVING the SCREENFILLER from your screen
SCREENFILLER is detergent based. If you are finished editioning and want to reuse your screen for a new image, here is how you do it successfully.
REMOVING the SCREENFILLER from your screen
SCREENFILLER is detergent based. If you are finished editioning and want to reuse your screen for a new image, here is how you do it successfully.
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Coating a Screen with Photo Emulsion : SET UP and TECHNIQUE
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