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| My Christmas Amyaryllis |
For the past few years, Mary has printed her Christmas cards as a demo during the festival. I decided that I would do the same. As I usually print at least 100 cards, so I decided to make an edition of small small prints that I could market during the holidays and later on use the same image for my cards. I wanted to do a reduction print because that is the technique I will be teaching there in October.
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| Stencil for first color |
Last Christmas, I photographed the amaryllis that I had received as a gift. They are so lush, juicy and beautiful.
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| Drawing fluid on screen |
I made a sketch of the red blossoms, which I glued to a sheet of print paper. I cut up about 30 sheets of print paper, set my registration guides and painted screen drawing fluid wherever I wanted to have
any color. I painted around the areas that were to stay white. After this dried, I spread screen filler over the entire screen. Another drying period - then I washed out the drawing fluid with cold water. I was left with a stencil for the first color that I will print. You can see the filler within the stencil for the white areas. The first color to be printed will be a light red. I mixed red ink with some transparent base. I can't show you how it printed because I took everything over to the Power House on Tuesday, You will have to come to the Power House on the Roycroft Campus to see the actual steps. And how I will finish the print We will be there both days from 10 AM - 5 PM - the regular Festival hours.
The Power House is on S. Grove St, directly across from the Roycroft Inn, East Aurora, NY.
The photo below is of Mary talking with a visitor about how she makes a print. She printed 60 Christmas cards in four colors during the Festival's two days. That amounts to 240 times that she placed the paper under the screen and pulled the squeegee to make the prints. Her cards came out very well.
