I was able to interview John Ahlen tonight along with his wife Marie. John had a long and successful career in screen printing making prints for well-known artists, as well as original prints and cards himself and in collaboration with other artists including John Stritch and Julio Grande. As far as screen-printing, John has been known to create pieces with over 50 colors, and therefore 50 screens were used. Some of his techniques were very unique and experimental. John offered me some valuable advice as far as how to teach middle school students screen printing.
Some tips include:
1. make it simple for them and myself.
2. prepare the screen myself so students can print instead of prepping.
3. Use techniques that work well such as photo emulsion rather than paper stencils or plastic stencils.
I have an hour of tape and film I will transcribe this weekend.
Thanks John!
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