Sarah Hopkins | Screenprinting from Photographic Transparencies

£90 Full/Keyholder member | £100 Ordinary Member | £110 Non-member
This is a process-driven workshop to learn the practical steps to successfully transferring a photographic image to a screen. This workshop is suitable for complete beginners.
Please bring along an image already on transparent film or a black and white paper copy of a photograph and some protection for your clothes.
The following elements of the process will be covered by the course:
Preparing a transparency from a suitable photograph. Please note: there will be no opportunity to manipulate this image digitally during the workshop so you will need to provide an image ready to reproduce. You can provide an image already on transparent film / or make a direct transparency on our photocopier from a black and white paper copy of the photograph
Selection of screen with appropriate screen mesh for the design
Degreasing and preparing the screen
Mixing up the Azocol photographic medium
Setting up the coating trough
Coating the screen
Using the drying cupboard with appropriate drying times that will not damage the screen
Using the UV Exposure Unit | preparing the unit
Setting up the design and the screen
Exposure times
Washout and development of the screen
Drying times
Setting up the printing area
Selecting papers
Mixing inks | storage
Use of the squeegee
Printing your image
Cleaning the screens correctly and thoroughly
Use of power washer | Health and Safety
Pregasol F | correct use of emulsion decoater | Health and Safety
Buying your own screen | suppliers