Silk Screen Project
This project was super super fun!!! We had the opportunity to experiment in photoshop and design a unique shirt. We first started off by creating rough draft designs. Below are the four that I designed:
The next step was picking my favorite silhouette and finalizing it. It was a difficult choice for me but I ended up picking the "I'm really a fairy" image because I felt it suited me the best (obviously I'm a fairy). After that we started the process of actually screen printing. I was chosen to be one of the screen printing leaders which gave me a chance to truly understand the process. The steps we took to screen print were:
- Print out your design on a transparency sheet
- Thinly and evenly coat the screen with emulsion in a dark room
- Expose the image on the screen for 15 minutes
- Take off the transparency sheet and spray the screen hard with water until you can see your design
- Print your design by pouring tshirt paint and spreading it all over your design
- Clean up and let your shirt dry