How did my vase plan of action go?
Since having the help last Thursday 12/03/2015 from artist Dale Devereux Barker, I have managed to keep his advice in my new printing skills to create my new methods in my vase printing. Dale told me that I should try making screen 1 as my stencil silkscreen and then after making screen 2 as my main colour vase silkscreen. These two screens will hopefully bind together to form a perfect looking Chinese vase that will not only look much neater in pattern and design but it will have more colours.
How did I print these vases?
Well.. actually it was no problem at all getting my silkscreens ready with the help of Glen the ‘technician’. Once all two silkscreens were ready I started out by using the outer edge stencil silkscreen to print the main colour of my vases that i wanted and used the silkscreen inks to print with.
After this process I leave the the main colour vase prints to dry for at least 45-60 minutes so that the ink is dry enough but also the paper will be flat again after it was printed. After this is done, I begin to use the vase pattern silkscreen to print over the main colours of the vases in white and black inks.
I use the plastic film to print on because this will help line up where to put the main vase colour print under the pattern silk screen. Once the main vase colour print is lined up with the plastic film, I then remove the plastic film and the main vase colour print is ready to be printed again. I then print the second colour through the vase pattern silk screen and manages to come through very neatly and sharp looking. I was very impressed by the finished outcome showing all the rich bold colours so precisely.
