Screen printing our pattern repeat

Screens printed –

 

           

Colours mixed (we had carried extensive colour sampling but didn’t take any pictures of that bit !)                                        

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pattern repeat marked out onto the print table, print furniture fitted and silk taped down.

                 

Ready to go ..

 Colour 1  Colour 2

 Colour 3   Colour 4

Additional colours can be see in image of colour 4 , purple. The texture can also be seen in this image I am not sure if it works ?

Finished repeat

 

 

Learning to take forward -

Increased confidence in the print room, using large screen and creating large kodatraces creating large lengths of fabric.Working out how to mark out repeat patterns,using repeat furniture and to repeat print without removing print from previous print.

Pattern structure- How to create a repeat pattern.

Mixing clean colours for screen printing.