I still haven't tried this so your video is a great 'push' for me to do so. ........... Having seen you apply the mesh to the matt-board - I am thinking it will be best if I take an iron and smooth out the wrinkles first as that will make that part easier.
Aine, That is a great idea, especially if your fabric is a natural fiber like actual silk. I was worried that because I was working with screen mesh which is plastic it would melt if I ironed it. If you keep the temp on your iron low you can play it safe.
@@hannahskoonberg so your silk was not silk??.It certainly looked unruly. what type silk is recommended? I have a silk with metal fibres. So maybe not that, I have various kinds of silk. Is the best a very fine silk? Just saw a print using this, and building up with gloss medium and I think, white acrylic... The whole process is just sinking in..l
@@Olhamo In this video I am using screen printing mesh. (historically silk was used as screen print mesh but I think modern screens use a substitute. The mesh is often still called silk which is confusing) I used it because it's tough and has regular spacing between the threads also I had some scraps. But I do believe regular silk would also work for this process. Ideally a tough working silk, that doesn't have a very tight weave or a texture. Because it's the little gaps between the threads that will hold the ink.
It's a sort of faux aquatint using a collagraph technique. You glue down silk and then build up gel medium on the silk filling in the pores and creating smooth spots. Then you intaglio wipe it. I hope that's a little more clear...
I still haven't tried this so your video is a great 'push' for me to do so. ........... Having seen you apply the mesh to the matt-board - I am thinking it will be best if I take an iron and smooth out the wrinkles first as that will make that part easier.
Aine, That is a great idea, especially if your fabric is a natural fiber like actual silk. I was worried that because I was working with screen mesh which is plastic it would melt if I ironed it. If you keep the temp on your iron low you can play it safe.
@@hannahskoonberg so your silk was not silk??.It certainly looked unruly. what type silk is recommended? I have a silk with metal fibres. So maybe not that, I have various kinds of silk. Is the best a very fine silk? Just saw a print using this, and building up with gloss medium and I think, white acrylic... The whole process is just sinking in..l
@@Olhamo In this video I am using screen printing mesh. (historically silk was used as screen print mesh but I think modern screens use a substitute. The mesh is often still called silk which is confusing) I used it because it's tough and has regular spacing between the threads also I had some scraps.
But I do believe regular silk would also work for this process. Ideally a tough working silk, that doesn't have a very tight weave or a texture. Because it's the little gaps between the threads that will hold the ink.
If the paint is too opaque you then add more paint? What if it is too transparent though?
As an experienced printmaker, I'm at a loss as to what is happening here.
It's a sort of faux aquatint using a collagraph technique. You glue down silk and then build up gel medium on the silk filling in the pores and creating smooth spots. Then you intaglio wipe it. I hope that's a little more clear...