Weekend class at the Power House

First two colors printed

The final print - four colors

There were only four students in this class. Kathy, on the right came from the Cleveland, Ohio area and stayed at the Inn.Click on the photos to see them larger.
We worked on reduction screen printing, which is also called the suicide method - because you can never go back. It is a difficult concept, but the only way to make a print with just one screen, using the drawing fluid and screen filler method. I had tried to explain the process on previous blogs. Everything that is to be any color in the print has to be included in the first stencil printed with the screen. Then by layering colors over the first color, wherever the stencil is open, the print can be completed. Good registration is so important and she did a great job. In the photo on the left only two colors have been printed, on the right two more colors have been printed on the darker gray and a soft dark red in just two spots, over the blue - a Santa hat and a Solo cup.