Personally, I found the second week of our print block much more enjoyable. In this last week, we learnt how to silk screen print.
We spent a day cutting stencils based on our box of objects and former research. I based my stencils mainly on the straw and barbed wire in my box, I thought these two objects had interesting and contrasting silhouettes. I also incorporated peacock feathers for their strong and earthy colours.
On the second day we were taught to mix dyes in the dye lab, pin our sheets of silk to the table, mix dyes together to create the exact shades we were looking for and to spread dyes evenly across the screen creating the print we desired.
I also experimented painting dyed directly onto a sheet of glass and printing. I enjoyed the appearance of this method more as it gave me a chance to print more openly and freely.
Although I enjoyed this section of print more than digital I found being completely unfamiliar with silk screen printing limited me in the cutting of my stencils and mixing of my dyes as I wasn’t entirely sure of the expected outcome and didn’t know what to aim towards, I like to hope that my prints got better as the week went along.
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