Photographic Screen Printing: A change in dimension.

To kick start getting back into work I wanted to explore the processes possible in the print workshop using images from my recent series of sculptures Unhinged Consciousness (2020).

I started creating screens using bitmapped images of my work at various sizes to create the first layers but it was suggested to me that I get really experimental with it. Whereby splitting the printed image to add colour to the areas in which the original sculpture has various colours (as the sculptures are painted so that the colours shift with light). I sought to purchase some inks and/or pigments to add to a clear binder that I could add over the top a simple black layer of ink and managed to get small quantities of different pigments at an affordable price online. These pigments are unique to the colours I tried to recreate from the original work.

Shimmer Violet Shimmer Green Aurora (flip colour) Oblivion (flip colour)

Getting the desired effect I was going for took a lot of trial and error, I found that I needed to expose the screen with just the image on it minus the background for the shimmer/colour layer to create a contrast. I also had to keep testing how much pigment I needed in the binder for the colour to be prominent. As well as this, I opted to use a fabric screen for the colour layer as it had more holes for the colour to transfer easier onto the paper- pulling the pigmented binder through a number of times.

Below you can see how the layers of colour are reactant with light, just like the sculptures. In the first image this was taken without flash/ direct light on it- the second is with. The various coloured pigments weren't too different from one another:

-oblivion is quite unique to them all, changing from red/purple/blue

-green shimmer and violet were very glittery

-aurora was a mixture of shimmer violet and green, dependent on the light.