Finally ready to start printing in my studio at long last. This will be the first screen print I have made in the studio since I built it 3 years ago. I have finally got the studio just right so that everything has a place and I ca happily print. As you can see the screen is all set up on he vacuum bed and ready to print.
Cutting the paper for my new print, I am using Velin Arches Blanc 400gsm, part of a stock of paper i have had for many years. You can see all the packets of paper under the bench waiting to be printed
Printing the 3 rd colour of my new screen print, it is so nice to be printing again in my own studio. I am using TW water based inks, which I love, they have a great range of intense colour and both white and transparent bases. I have used these inks for years and they still remind me of the old oil based inks in their feel.
Third colour printed, hard to see from this image as the base orange is so dominant. It is the colour of my bedroom when i was in my teens many years ago. This is an edition of 25 prints to go with the French Peacocks print that I made at the Frans Masreel Centrum a couple of years ago. I have 3 more colours on these backgrounds and then 5 colours to print on the Nepalese tissue which will go onto the print along with a carbon fibre rod or 2.