Supplies for
Deconstructed Screen printing (Day 1 or preparing screen(s)):
o
Printing
Screen: you can find these at Hobby Lobby,
or art supply stores, or make your own.
There are lots of YouTube’s/blogs that will show you how to do
this. I would recommend two screens per
person but if you don’t want to invest or make an extra screen, one is fine.
·
We
can make one screen with texture and another screen using thickened dyes as a
resist! What fun!
o
Squeegees: I have several Bondo scrappers’ (automotive
tool!) so if you don’t have a squeegee or textile scraper, don’t purchase. Even a credit card will work!
o
Rubber
gloves, spoons for mixing dye/print paste, old cottage cheese size containers
(4 or 5) or other containers with lids for dyes,
o
old
hand towel or paper towels, newspaper, apron, rubber (small) spatulas
o
Squeeze
bottles with tips or extruders (optional).
I will bring both with me.
o
Plastic
sheeting to cover your work area.
o
Print
Paste – I should have plenty of this. I
will mix up the day before we meet so it’s all ready to go.
o
Fiber
Reactive dyes: Color dye of your choice.
If you don’t have any dyes, not a problem. I’m bringing several with me. You may want a dark brown or black to use
with resist/extruder printing.
o
Items
forTexture:
·
bubble
wrap (pop the bubbles!)
·
cardboard coffee wraps from Starbucks, Tim
Horton’s, etc. or corrugated cardboard
·
Plastic
wrap, Heavy brown craft paper, newspaper
·
Lace,
mesh screen, rubber bands
·
Leaves,
balloons (no, not blown up!)
·
Stencils,
torn paper (we can screen print after our deconstructed screens are totally
released of dyes)
·
Anything
that will leave an imprint
We could make our print
boards while our screens are drying on Day 1.
Unless you each already have a print board.
·
Print
Board: You need a slightly padded, flat
surface. 2’x2’ is a good size
To make one, get some insulation foam board, heavy cardboard, or plywood…anything
that starts off flat.
o
Cover with felt, carpet padding, batting (not
poly…flat batt), or foam.
o
Cover
above with medium weight clear vinyl (you can purchase at JoAnn’s). This works better than regular plastic. You’ll stretch around board and tape on the
back using duct tape.
o
Cover
vinyl with a drop/catch cloth and using small T pins, pin around the
edges…stretching fabric to remove wrinkles.
Supplies for
Deconstructed Screen printing Day 2
·
Soda
ash soaked fabric which is dry. Try to
keep flat rather than scrunched up.
You’ll be pinning to your board but easier to not start off with lots of
wrinkles! Don’t iron your soda soaked
fabric as it may scorch.
·
Most
of same supplies we had the first day
·
Trash
bags (black bags hold the heat better!) to cover the printed fabrics for
batching or plastic sheeting
Robbie Payne
December 2016
Robbie Payne
December 2016
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