Screen print was decided as the process of production for the zine cover, this is as to add a manual aspect to the production of the zine to reflect the content mediums and theme. Over the year i've had a love hate relationship with this print medium, this is as works easily for the book cover type at the start of the year yet failed massively for the first poster production yet after practise worked for the second attempt therefor using this medium will also help develop my confidence with this technique.
After the first poster attempt i learnt that this process should not be rushed, i tried to rush the production of the poster before going home for easter and gave myself a day to complete the process of 4 different layers which in retropect was too shorter space. Having learnt from this failed attempt i finally created a successful screenprint last week for the deadline after taking my time and simplifying the design to removed the issues (the solid background, the broken screen, the too thick ink, the out of date glow in the dark ink) i managed to produce a effective poster that looked as aimed i feel that use screen print will also allow me to become more successful with the medium. THE MORE I PRINT THE BETTER I WILL GET, LEARN FOR THE PAST ISSUES.
things learnt from past screen printing fail -
-don't add to much detail
-don't made the design fill an A3 pages this is heard to equally pull though, leaves ink in the screen which then dries or over leaks
-keep the layers simple
-drawn over the laser jet printed design in back pen if it's not printed probably before exposing the
screen
-wet the screen straight after exposure
-measure the paint to medium ratio better
-wait for the screens to dry before changing colour
Stock relating the the colour of the content/images inside the puplication was order but due to the bank holiday has not arrived in time for submission. As this cannot be used existing GFSmith stock from past project and a range of coloured purchased will be used instead. A wide range of unqiue experiments will be conducted with different coloured inks combined with different stock to find the best possible combination as due as leanring this year i've realized the different color stock and the inks will react differently to the paper so creating not the intended colours . Due to this a range of prints will allow for "happy accidents' where the intended colours work better but also incase the intent colour scheme reacts differently, then the most successful will be used for the cover and the other tests will be sent out to the contributors.
The use of the different stock and colour combination is so that the final prints are all unique, this is so the artists receive a one of print as a thank you rather than just one of many other contributors will have.
This is a chance to explore the how screenprinting works on different stocks of paper, as specialized shiny stock is being used as well, whilst being a chance to experiment with different colour palettes.
first layers -
-WORKS MORE ACCURATELY ON MATT STOCK
-SHINY FINISH ADDS AESTHETICAL QUILATY, MORE INTERESTING MOR UNIQUE
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| experimented with mixing inks on the screen whilst printing |
In the talk from Oslo we learnt about how colours look strange when compared to the different background and surround colours, these print have shown this massively. The top layer of print is the same for all the light pink prints yet most of these prints looks completely different to each other, this link to the subject of her talk.
After studying the selection of final prints the final cover design has been selected as the shiny pale blue stock background combined with the orange and white print, this due the stocks uniqueness when contrasted with the matt flat colour of the print highlights the visually quality of the print adding to the over all effect, creates a visually interesting piece reflect the typographical work inside the zine. Whilst the strong contrasting colour scheme causes attention to be drawn to the typographical element design as the white ink stand outs visually compared to the colourful background allowing the type to be clear and legible. Some of the other design which include the pink ink colour scheme slightly reflect a more 'feminine' tone once combined with the decorative type where the zine aims to be gender no specific. Also as the print isn't perfect this better reflect the medium used to produce the print, portaries the manual aspect effectively whilst adding to the design aesthetically by seeming more personal/hand made.
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