Screen-printing using photo-stencils (Please see Summer school for dates & costs)

Photo screen-printing offers many possibilities. The imagery can range from photographic media scanned and separated using Photoshop, to flat surfaces of pure colour, to bold charcoal and graphite drawings or soft subtle watercolour washes, making possibilities endless with sophisticated results.

The aim of this course is to learn as much about photo screenprinting in three intensive days as possible. Screen printing, sometimes referred to as silk screen or serigraphie, is widely used and is an extremely popular fine art print process. Computer technology has made scanning and separating images through Photoshop easier, but the use of positives made by autographic (hand drawn) marks using tru-grain ( a clear grained film) is still the most original way to make a print. Both of these techniques will be used on this course, also screen preparation, ultra violet light exposure and printing. An image with 4 - 6 colours is possible allowing us to complete an image ready for editioning.