Mina Prints

Materials: A solid black design printed in transparency paper. Photo emulsion and sensitizer. A screen slightly bigger than the image you want to print. Screen printing ink A squeegee A scoop coater A spoon Something to print on (A3 cardboard or thick paper) Scotch tape A rag to clean The design: The most important stage of screen printing is to make sure the images must be printed solid black to block the light properly. The design was for a small booklet portfolio for illustrations (2 joint illustrations and 3 individual illustrations per person). Once we settled on the design, we printed out on a laser printer onto transparency paper. Step 1: Prepare the emulsion in a dark room. From his point on, all light source must come for a red lightbulb. Mix the sensitizer and the emulsion together according to the directions on the bottle. Step 2: Pour a little of the emulsion mixture on the scoop coater and spread it out on the screen until coated and you can’t see ...

Necessary Materials: An image that doesn’t have too much fine detail. In this case, the deck of cards with the suit that was assigned to the group: Clubs. Acetate sheets A scalpel A cutting board or a hard surface you don’t mind being sliced repeatedly by a scalpel A screen slightly bigger than the image you want to print Screen printing ink A squeegee A spoon Something to print on (A3 cardboard or thick paper) Tape or scotch tape A rag to clean The design: Create a design with bold shapes that you can cut out with a scalpel. We found it easiest to create designs with the goal of printing them with paper stencils rather than altering pre-existing more complex designs. We were assigned the Clubs deck of cards, so we designed all 14 cards, including the Joker. Step 1: Draw your design onto a paper at the size you want to print it. To make sure we got the scale right for the A3 cardboard, we decided to split the 14 cards into 4 pages A4 size. This way we could h...

For this assignment we were asked to design a pre-colombian mask. I mixed some shuar and valdivia design elements to create mine. WOODBLOCK: XYLOGRAPHY PRINTMAKING PROCESS Step 1: Gather necessary materials: Paper, wood sheet, ink, brayer or paint roller, gouges, precission cutter, tape, pen, fabric. Step 2:   Sketch a a black and white design on A4 paper or the same size as the MDF plate, making sure to keep a balance between blacks and whites. Step 3:   Transfer the finished sketch onto the wood block with tracing paper. Don’t hesitate to go back over your design to improve it directly on the wood. Step 4: Hold the knob of the gouge in the palm of your hand and hold the MDF block in place with your other hand. The type of pressure you exert with your hand and the way you hold the gouges will allow you to create varied carvings. Step 5: Engrave the wood using the gouges, cutting out the areas of the image you don’t want to show on the print. Remove t...

In preparation for Xylography and Linocut, our profesor decided to train us with Styrofoam first. It was a simple process, but some considerations must be taken into account first. Styrofoam Printmaking Process Step 1: Gather necessary materials: Paper or cardboard, ink, brayer or paint roller, Styrofoam plate, tape, pen. Step 2:  Sketch a design (illustration or artwork) to print. If you write words, make sure they are mirrored. Step 3:  Cut the Styrofoam into the size you need (A5 paper size). Remember the margins for the tape. Tape the drawing in place and trace it onto the Styrofoam plate. Step 4: Create a register for the sheet you’re going to print. Use the tape to secure the Styrofoam plate to the working surface. Step 5:  Deposit and prepare ink in a tray. You can use 1 color, or 2 to create a gradient.   Step 6:  Use the brayer or paint roller to spread the ink until you have an even coat. Once the brayer is coate...