Screen printing Newbie

               I am taking a screen printing course this quarter. Finally! In the last few days I finished my first yardage in repeat. I chose one of my designs that is repeated very tightly and I decided to use 3 colors. A little difficult for my first time, but sometimes I like to dive in head first when I do something new. I arrived at the screen printing lab in Pepe Hall at 11am on Saturday. After preparing everything, mixing colors, and having to re-burn a screen that presented problems, I finally began printing around 2pm. I left the building for a very short dinner break and then got back to work. I unfortunately had to leave the building at midnight (closing time) with the fabric almost finished. So, I was finally able to finish the project today in class. Not too shabby for my first time :)

Colors ready to go

Ready to start Part 1: Gray

In process of covering the fabric with the Gray layer

Part 1 finished

Part 2: Blue. Finished.

Ready to start Part 3: Mustard Yellow

All three colors done!

Close up

 All finished on the drying line!