Ok, so I got lots of helpful hints from my friends Leah & Crispina.
So both ladies seemed to think my BRAND NEW Screen was too loose. I tried an old screen I found in my art room.They were right! It seems like it was the screen.
Lily, who is Crispina's niece and Pat's daughter is one of my students. She is in 6th grade. She asked me how my "screen printing adventure " is going. I told her lousy. She asked me if I had a good screen, and told me "it's all about the screen, you have to have a good screen. What kind of screen do you have, Mrs. Malone-Smith?". Smart girl teaching her art teacher. Teachers can always learn so much from their students in more ways than one.
Using the old screen found in my art room, I made the screen printing area a 4x6 rather than a
8x10. Also, because I used the small area, I got to use the REAL Squeegee (which is too small for a 8x10 screen) rather than the plastic one that came with the Speedball Starter Kit because the real squeegee is a good size for smaller application.
So I made like 20 prints tonight. They are not perfect, but so so so much better than anything else.
Question for all of you, Do the prints have to be perfect? They are, however, handmade....
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| Newly Taped up 4x6 area on old screen |
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| Supportive & helpful husband Clinton |
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| Getting ready to print. Like my sweatshirt? |
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| Flooding the Screen |
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| Better.... |
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| Wish I had a drying rack |
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| Print are decent |
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| Running out of room here |
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