i had a really interesting time when i attended the advanced research group for screen printing at the regional print centre with tara dean, we played with drawing on the screens with water soluble crayons and printing the drawings with medium, i brushed on some water and got some nice watery effects, it was also really nice to just draw and paint again which i didn’t expect to be doing with screen.
i also had a go at using a screen to press a stencil into clay and then tara fired it for me, i really like the texture and depth, i’m going to try printing onto it, maybe with gum arabic transfer although might have to try just rubbing as the press would probably break the clay.
Tara’s really keen to try printing onto different surfaces, i’ve always had an interest in combining print and ceramics, and also like the idea of screen printing onto Etched metal plates so hopefully i might do some interesting experimenting.
