Once you've separated the colours in your artwork, your separations are
ready to put onto acetate and then onto screen. If the print is made up
of more than one colour you will need registration crosses on your artwork.
Here are some visuals of a print we were doing in the studio last week
to demonstrate the rest of the process.
The acetate as it was coming off the printer showing the colour separations.
Lining up the acetates on the screen before exposing them to UV or Metal
Halide light. The black printed areas block the light meaning that the screen
coating underneath doesn't harden. Here you can see the
registration crosses on the acetate.
Therefore after the screen has been exposed and the acetates are removed,
the screen is washed out and the black areas washed away leaving a clear
mesh (yellow) to print through. The rest of the emulsion coating (pink) has
hardened and the ink will not pass through.
The edges of the screen are then taped to seal any open mesh.
Once the screen is dry any small pinholes have to be touched up with emulsion,
the screen is again exposed to UV light and then is ready to be printed.
Here printing the first colour.
Grey ink onto linen, the registration crosses are printed onto masking tape to
register each print.
Final print colour of four, checking the registration.
Lifting the screen to see the print after the final colour is printed.
The final (four colour) print onto linen.
(We loved this owl so much we put it into production. See it at our on line shop
at madebyhandonline )
ready to put onto acetate and then onto screen. If the print is made up
of more than one colour you will need registration crosses on your artwork.
Here are some visuals of a print we were doing in the studio last week
to demonstrate the rest of the process.
The acetate as it was coming off the printer showing the colour separations.
Lining up the acetates on the screen before exposing them to UV or Metal
Halide light. The black printed areas block the light meaning that the screen
coating underneath doesn't harden. Here you can see the
registration crosses on the acetate.
Therefore after the screen has been exposed and the acetates are removed,
the screen is washed out and the black areas washed away leaving a clear
mesh (yellow) to print through. The rest of the emulsion coating (pink) has
hardened and the ink will not pass through.
The edges of the screen are then taped to seal any open mesh.
Once the screen is dry any small pinholes have to be touched up with emulsion,
the screen is again exposed to UV light and then is ready to be printed.
Here printing the first colour.
Grey ink onto linen, the registration crosses are printed onto masking tape to
register each print.
Final print colour of four, checking the registration.
Lifting the screen to see the print after the final colour is printed.
The final (four colour) print onto linen.
(We loved this owl so much we put it into production. See it at our on line shop
at madebyhandonline )
