Screen Printing
Comox Valley Cats
A black cat always lives in this house. Some from a feral population down the road, others from trailer parks up the hill. I like black cats. They are witchy.
Figuring out colors.
Four screens: Yellow, Red, Blue, Black.
Yellow screen
Red screen (Creating orange where overlaps yellow)
Blue screen (Light blue and dark blue merge in the middle) Provide base for black to sit on.
Black screen
Finished design Matrix. “Glacier Cat”
All the paper is cut to the right size and registered with keys.
I used acrylic black paint to fill in the areas on my stencil. It cracked in areas while drying so I filled them in with a second coat of paint.
The screen is prepped and then a thin layer of emulsion is rolled on. After it is dried, it is taken over to the light table. Your stencil is placed under the screen. The vacuum is turned on. The table is flipped up on it’s side to receive to sets of UV light treatments. The screen is then rinsed and dried. It is now ready for printing with the ink. When done, the screen is stripped and the process starts again for your next screen.
screens in the vacuum chamber getting ready to be exposed to UV light.
Printing the first screen
Rinsing the screen after washing it with the Willow Strip.
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Life ended for me right here. My beloved dog Baby Eve passed away. I had to take a week off to greave her loss. This put me behind schedual with everything. I just did not care.
Baby Eve 2011-2024
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Back in the print studio and just want to get this done and handed in. My mind is numb. I axed the transparent red idea to make orange, and also the blue merge I originally planned. Keeping things simple. I just needed to get this finished.
Karen Day Glacier Cat 2024