Printing our repeats

Printing Our Repeats

As I have missed the last few days of uni, I was filled in on what everyone had been focusing on. Therefore, this entry may be a little scarce in areas, lacking detail I probably may have known if I had been at uni.

From what I gather, I missed a session which explains the repeat process and how get from some simple drawings on paper, to the finished printed 2.5m length. Currently, we are at the stage where we are beginning to come up with ideas for our larger scale drawings, A1 in size I think. These will be a combination of the groups individual drawings in their sketchbooks. After completing the drawings, and like in ours first repeat print project, we will add texture and small patterns to enhance areas and fill in the larger gaps in the drawing. From here, we will need a variety of black drawing materials as we will be coping/tracing the large drawing onto coda trace or drafting film. Each group will have two sheets of drafting film, which the original design will be split between. As an example, one piece of drafting film could contain the main outline of the shapes, while the second could be the textures on top. each piece of drafting film will signify a different colour in the print. So, including the background, the print will include at least three colours. 

When it comes to printing, each group will have a day and a print table between each group. the notches on the print tables are to help with the positioning and aligning of each screen. the 2.5m length of fabric is 6 screens in length, so it will take 6 prints to fill the fabric. Before washing the screen, we can print it 3 times. so using the first screen, we will print it three times on every other notch. Then, between the notches we will print the second screen 3 times and wash. after this, we will repeat the process placing the first screen where the second screen was before, and the second screen where the first was before.