I have been chasing my tail these past few weeks. I was down in London a fortnight ago seeing the Foo Fighters in Milton Keynes....but also used this opportunity to drop of some artwork to a pop up gallery for the first ever CallyFest event on Caledonian Road. I couldn't make the exhibition because of the concert but I am hoping for some pics soon. Anyway I decided to take my herring collagraphs a bit further. The problem is with this printmaking technique, the plates become squashed and therefore lose their detail (well my ones do anyway due to the perishable material I use) Therefore you can't get many prints. So I take my designs into other areas. I thought I would adapt my design for screenprinting. I have been huffing with my Gocco of late as I have tried exposing no less that 3 screens of late and parts haven't exposed properly. This is a bummer as these screens and bulbs have to be ordered from Japan and cost a fortune and once its done its done. I'm not sure what has been going wrong because I'm not doing anything different than I did before. I ordered some new supplies from America (an alternative to Gocco but works just the same) Tried it out on my new design and here are some of the results.
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| Some cards printed in 2 colours with my trusty Gocco |
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| Close up detail of cards |
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| The design looks cool on manilla card so I have printed up a few as notebook covers |
Pesky Gocco machine!! I do like your new little fishies. You've been missed at the Workshop - hope we see you there soon
ReplyDeleteMandy these look sweet - I'd recognise them as being 'yours' if I just saw one, on the bus or something - yes would love to see you at the print workshop sometime soon !!
ReplyDeleteTake care
Aine