SESSION TWO
Technique
Reclaiming a screen + Digital design
Printshop
The Young Lords (NYC)
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. Timeline reminder.
Final digital designs will be due via email on Sunday, November 8.
Final hand-drawn designs will be due in class Tuesday, November 10.
If you are preparing a digital designs, keep in mind these file parameters:
The maximum print area is 11 x 17 inches. If you are working with two-color layers, the maximum print area of each layer is 8.5 x 11 inches.
Email me a .JPEG or .PNG file at 300 DPI with the dimensions (Inches x Inches) you would like to print as a message in the body of the email. Due November 8.
If you would like to convert the photo to B/W using halftone, please specify in your email.
FURTHER READING
- El Presente exhbition brochure
- Full exhibition website
- History of El Museo Del Barrio
- NYT coverage of El Museo in 1970:
WHAT WE DID + WHAT WE'RE DOING NEXT
Last session was all about reclaiming a screen and introducing digital design tools. We began our final project brainstorm in earnest!
Next week we will coat screens and print our multi-color self portrait poster.
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1. Timeline reminder.
Final digital designs will be due via email on Sunday, November 8.
Final hand-drawn designs will be due in class Tuesday, November 10.
If you are preparing a digital designs, keep in mind these file parameters:
The maximum print area is 11 x 17 inches. If you are working with two-color layers, the maximum print area of each layer is 8.5 x 11 inches.
Email me a .JPEG or .PNG file at 300 DPI with the dimensions (Inches x Inches) you would like to print as a message in the body of the email. Due November 8.
If you would like to convert the photo to B/W using halftone, please specify in your email.
FURTHER READING
- El Presente exhbition brochure
- Full exhibition website
- History of El Museo Del Barrio
- NYT coverage of El Museo in 1970:
WHAT WE DID + WHAT WE'RE DOING NEXT
Last session was all about reclaiming a screen and introducing digital design tools. We began our final project brainstorm in earnest!
Next week we will coat screens and print our multi-color self portrait poster.
Document Bank
(grows week-by-week)
How to prep files for halftone/bitmap:
one and two
Photopea tutorials, summary:
How to adjust DPI + dimensions:
At top left of screen click
Image > Image Size
How to convert your design to B/W
Use the Threshold feature
At the top left of screen click
Image > Adjustments > Threshold
Another free software is Affinity.
Zine as PDF
Image database:
Public Domain Review
*collections based on theme
New York Public Library
*large range of photography and maps
Public Domain Image Archive
*try infinite view
Public Work by Cosmos
*AI tagging
Inspiration bank:
Lisa Koyama Max
Screenprint Animation
Instagram Website
Nicholas D’Ornellas
Woven Screenprint
Instagram Website
(grows week-by-week)
How to prep files for halftone/bitmap:
one and two
Photopea tutorials, summary:
How to adjust DPI + dimensions:
At top left of screen click
Image > Image Size
How to convert your design to B/W
Use the Threshold feature
At the top left of screen click
Image > Adjustments > Threshold
Another free software is Affinity.
Zine as PDF
Image database:
Public Domain Review
*collections based on theme
New York Public Library
*large range of photography and maps
Public Domain Image Archive
*try infinite view
Public Work by Cosmos
*AI tagging
Inspiration bank:
Lisa Koyama Max
Screenprint Animation
Instagram Website
Nicholas D’Ornellas
Woven Screenprint
Instagram Website
SESSION ONE
Technique
One-color printing + Hand-drawn transparency
Printshop
Atelier Populaire (France)
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. Please bring a laptop to next week's session if you would like to follow along with the design demo on your own device (no software required)
2. I would encourage all of you to come to biweekly screenprint open studios at TPF. These sessions are drop-in and informal. They're a great space to dig a little deeper into the practice, beyond what we will have time to during our course. We'll continue to develop our final projects in class next week, but I would especially recommend coming to open studio if you:
- Are interested in doing a multi-color print for the final project
- Want to print on fabric
- Want to spend more time with a community of screenprinters!
FURTHER READING
- Access the Atelier Populaire pamphlet
- More reflections on Atelier Populaire's work as a political and aesthetic artifact
- EBay listing of the pamphlet
WHAT WE DID + WHAT WE'RE DOING NEXT
Our first session was all about the one-color print.
Together, we took a screen that had already been "built" (coated with emulsion, burned with a design by UV light) and prepped it for printing. Once we registered the design on the print board, we used a squeegee to get ink down on paper. After every print, we back-flooded the screen with a layer of ink to ready it for the next person.
Next week we'll learn the steps involved in reclaiming a screen + discuss digital design methods for building a transparency.
1. Please bring a laptop to next week's session if you would like to follow along with the design demo on your own device (no software required)
2. I would encourage all of you to come to biweekly screenprint open studios at TPF. These sessions are drop-in and informal. They're a great space to dig a little deeper into the practice, beyond what we will have time to during our course. We'll continue to develop our final projects in class next week, but I would especially recommend coming to open studio if you:
- Are interested in doing a multi-color print for the final project
- Want to print on fabric
- Want to spend more time with a community of screenprinters!
FURTHER READING
- Access the Atelier Populaire pamphlet
- More reflections on Atelier Populaire's work as a political and aesthetic artifact
- EBay listing of the pamphlet
WHAT WE DID + WHAT WE'RE DOING NEXT
Our first session was all about the one-color print.
Together, we took a screen that had already been "built" (coated with emulsion, burned with a design by UV light) and prepped it for printing. Once we registered the design on the print board, we used a squeegee to get ink down on paper. After every print, we back-flooded the screen with a layer of ink to ready it for the next person.
Next week we'll learn the steps involved in reclaiming a screen + discuss digital design methods for building a transparency.