Matisse draws his design with scissors
As mentioned in class
Curing your bag to make it colorfast
- On Friday (12 hours at least after class),
- Iron for 45 seconds on high -- moving around so you don't scorch it accidentally
- Inked side up
- Place a paper towel (or press cloth) between your iron and the bag
My Screen Prints
Hand cut stencil - DIY at home
I cut the designs from waxed paper. First I printed the yellow sun, and then the blue cat. Her name is Chenille
We did this in class using contact paper. I find wax paper or even cardstock (from file folders to be excellent alternatives to contact paper. Here's a video, too.
- Make your design
- Copy it onto contact paper, wax paper or cardstock
- Cut out your design--this is your stencil. Exacto knives on a healing mat, work well.
- Put the stencil on flat side of the screen and tape it in place using packing tape
- For easier clean-up, mask out every part you do not want inked with packing tape.
- Watch this video for inking and pulling the ink
Comparing stencil materials
- Wax paper can last up to 50 prints if you treat it gently!
- Cardstock gets wet and you lose the precision.
- Contact paper works as long as it sticks to the screen
Emulsion film - Professional studio technique
The next cat, I did "Matisse style." I made the design by cutting pieces of black paper, arranged them "cat shaped", and then made a formal screen using emulsion and intense light in the studio (a process you cannot do at home.) Whisky - the cat, I printed multiple times on old sheet music.
Tutorial videos