OUGD 504 - Screen Printing

'Screen printing is a stencil method of print making in which a design is imposed on a screen of polyester or other fine mesh, with blank areas coated with an impermeable substance. Ink is forced into the mesh openings by the fill blade or squeegee and onto the printing surface during the squeegee stroke.'

These are my screen prints (A5 size):

I screen printed using two layers, one being black and the other being another colour that would stand out. I tried using gold, which is slightly different to normal screen printing ink, and neon orange. The gold is made from a dust whereas normally you would mix acrylic paint with paper binder. Due to the overlapping areas, the gold didn't work too well; the orange worked slightly better but still not great.

As you can see from the image above, some prints were unsuccessful in that the ink bled and ran, making smudges on the prints. This was my error, and after I realised what was causing it I ensured that I was printing in a more efficient manner.