Print Club London
Wednesday 29 February 2012
Way back in September, I was bought a Print Club London screenprinting workshop for my birthday! Needless to say, I was pretty excited, although at the time, had no idea what I wanted to print. Eventually after a lot of procrastination and sketching, I ended up with something I was really happy with and even happier after I’d printed it.
Here are some of the initial sketches.
The workshop itself was actually really fun as well. In a single workshop there is a maximum of 20 people, however on my day, only about 15 people showed up. It initially starts off with a cup of tea and a general mingle opportunity with all the other people that are attending whilst the technicians prepare everyone’s images onto trace.
The session lasted from 11am to about 4pm and the day consists of learning how to prepare your images, exposing screens, preparing your ink and then the actual printing. Everything is done in a step by step manner and as the technicians are so friendly, it’s a really great opportunity for total beginners to learn how to screenprint.
If you are familiar with screenprinting, the only suggestion I would make is to perhaps think about the paper stock you want to print on. Although they do provide you with 10 sheets of white, oversized A4 stock, maybe white isn’t something you necessarily want/need to print on. After drawing my image, I definitely knew I wanted to print in a gold or bronze metallic ink onto quite dark, rich coloured stock, so I made sure to go out and buy some dark blue (as pictured), dark plum and chocolate coloured card to experiment on beforehand. It also allowed me to end up with more than 10 prints, although that was also because time allowed me a few extra goes on the screen bed before moving on for the next person.
I would definitely recommend signing up for a session if screenprinting has ever interested you. In general, it’s a really fun day to get stuck in and messy, you get to meet lot’s of new people and get to go home with prints that you made which is very satisfying!
Look’s great Kim, what size is the print?
Thanks, it’s A4.