This year I am still struggling with screen print! This time there were problems with the pressure applied and the ink drying on the screen, though my alignments were quite good.
I like the clean feel that screen prints can give but all of mine came out textured! And I'm not yet sure if this suits the image. There would also be an issue that if I did decide that I wanted all of my editions to be textured as I'm not really sure how this came out this way.
It was suggested that there may have been a problem with the screen or emulsion coating, and that I'd have a better chance with hand drawn positives on acetate which I think I would enjoy making. What I liked about lino was the physical process in it and it would be nice to get this in screen print.
I struggled with pressure particularly on one side but it also seemed that the ink was starting to dry on the screen as the same corner was not coming through on multiple prints.
I sprayed some water on to the print to try and counteract the drying but when I pulled it these marks came up! In hindsight I should have pulled the black through on newsprint/ scrap paper until it worked ok as I think the water did improve the quality of the pull despite the marks. It's a shame this was my last print, and last chance to do it well!
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