Experimenting on a new printing theme?
Ok so earlier in the week I have been doing a side experiment which does not involve my main body or printing work, this is just simply to see what it could look like printed onto plywood. I chosen plywood as it has a kind of smoothness edge to it and should no doubt be more clearer when it come to printing onto it with inks.
why did I do it and how did I do it?
I wanted to basically see what kind of effect I would get once I print onto the wood because sometimes the wood can give off a nice grain effect after covering it with inks or paints. I thought that this would be a good side experiment to see what the outcome could be once I print onto wood.
To do this… I had to try finding some scraps of plywood from somewhere and I manage to see a nice long narrow plank of it hiding behind the wood workshop door. I was very pleased indeed to find this piece and was just about the right narrow size to fit the printed vase on it. I began to mark out the sizes for each printed vase on the wood and got Glen the technician to cut the plank into 5 pieces which = 5 prints.
Next.. I begin to spend an hours worth of sanding down the edges of 5 small planks of wood making sure that when I got to screen print on the wood the edges of the wood won’t tear or rip the silkscreen. Once that is completed I am ready to print them and the way I do this is to use some clear film plastic to use as a marker so that I can align the wood in the right proportion to print on.
Next I do the first print onto the plastic film to use as an aligner for the plank of plywood and then place the wood underneath the aligner and then take away the plastic film to print it properly. Now the plywood plank is in the right spot I can now print onto it and properly and the result that I got is shown above.
Any signs of continuation with this printing theme?
well… I wouldn’t say no to stop doing this idea completely but I don’t think it will be my strongest area within my printing career. I think I will in no doubt still keep developing ideas from this and do some more and maybe also onto a type of fabric or other materials. For me any idea is well worth trying out because its not until you discover these new ideas or someone telling you that you begin to realise how far my artwork can go. will keep you updated on new ideas to come.
