I'm now on Youtube!!

I have been going back and forth with the idea for a while about uploading videos to youtube or a long time and I have decided to take the plunge and start my own channel.

As screen printing isn't very wisely known I find it has become easier to show people what screen printing is (rather than try to explain it or show them through pictures). This is what prompted me to take the leap and start making short videos showing what screen printing is all about. I will be uploading a selection of videos from screen printing, book binding techniques and drawing videos.

If you are interested in checking my youtube channel out here's the link:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEj0z3-Ui22GvcJzgAGyIJA

Also here's a look at one of the videos featured on my channel:

Starflower Print Experiments #1

I have recently been getting back into the flow of experimenting more with screen printing, particularly using colour overlays with the starflower pattern that I made (it's called starflower because it reminds me of both a star and a flower)Below are some of examples of the print experiments I have been working on over the past couple of days, the finished prints will be turned into notebook covers and I may do a run of scrapbook paper as well. 

Let me know what you think

The darker green in this image is a metallic ink.

comparing the colour on yellow and white card stock.

colour overlay of dark green, light green and yellow.

I like that if you look closely you can see the dots from the silk screen.

Screen Printing techniques - Blending colours on the screen

I have been trying to incorporate some new techniques into my screen printing projects so that I am not always working with flat colour. One technique I have been experimenting with is colour blending on the screen. It's a technique that I haven't in a long time and is one of my favourite techniques to use as the end are usually quite impressive.

To start off you need to lay down the colours that you wish to use, so here I have gone with yellow and orange. You can use as many colours as you wish.

You then need to mix the two colours together with the squeegee so that they start to blend together.

After that just pull the ink across the screen as you would normally do. The first print tends to have a bit of a harsh line where the colours meet but as you continue to print the colours will blend into each other perfectly.

Below are the end results!

Australian Silky Terrior Print

I was asked recently if I could produce a print of a terrier as a birthday present, upon asking which breed of terrier they desired I was told any breed as long as its a terrier. So with that I began my search for a terrier that would make a fairly easy and suitable print, after spending about a hour searching I came across the Australian Silky Terrier. This little guy looks a lot like the yorkshire terrier but there are some differences.

After setting up the screen and producing a few prints to get a suitable outcome I couldn't help but fall in love with the little guy. So now I am going to produce a run of this little guy and make them available in my etsy shop and at my craft stalls.