Sunday, 20 November 2016

St Clares screen printing class 2016 with Bronzen Temple Prints




The five wonderful designs produced by the students, selected for this years class.

1- Leaf    2- Gargoyle  3-  Flame   4-  King   5-  Dragon


1- Leaf    2- Gargoyle  3-  Flame   4-  King   5-  Dragon







The King design, hand cut from plastic paper.







Dragon Design, the good thing about this plastic paper is that the design, once used, can be washed and re used for the next class. HAPPY DAYS!!




St Clares, first class of four 2016.


Hands on boys, just a little guidance in tow.




Leaf and flame design on screen, ready to go!

King and Dragon on screen."in a cinema near you:}"

The beautiful Tie - Dye Tee shirts this year, prior to printing.


Amazing and vibrant colours were achieved, thanks to Lis the amazing art teacher!


Dragon - in all his glory!

                                                  So many gorgeous results this year:}


                                                                         Dragons.


                     The King design was one of the most popular, throughout the four classes!


Thank you so much to all my wonderful students this year, well done guys and gals, you made my job fun /educational and challenging as always! Thanks also for the toast with jam and the cup o tea to get me moving in the morning.
Liz, as always your systems in place made the day go without a hitch and provided very smooth runnings and transition from one class to the next.
Love and blessings.
Rhett :}

Mercy DESIGN - Hand cut cityscape stencil 2016



Jumbled Mercy lettering, hand cut.



Back of Mercy cityscape design, once half has been scored out.




Mercy design complete.


Mercy design complete with the sections placed back, ensuring to have the spacing correct, prior to adhering to the silk screen frame.

Hand cut stencil, from paper, ready to adhere to screen frame.



Stencil taped to the underside of the screen frame, ready to print!




Inner glow from the black ink reacting with the first printed color = White!
Looks cool, like something is emerging from the design.
Printed black, on women grey marle T shirt.
"Graphic and striking"
Black on grey, mens Tee's
Printed Whiter on to women's Watermelon Tee's


I give thanks to my loyal customer Fr Dean, whom gives me loads of work, usually with short turn around times and minimum quantities. Always providing Joy and quality art work file to hand cut.
Sometimes the old fashion way is better for this type of work and also no delay in waiting for the photographic screen technique to be applied. These T shirts were well received and used for a one night concert, very impromptu indeed.
Mercy!!!


Tuesday, 16 August 2016

Hand printing the "Quokka Kids" T shirt range for a Melbourne client.



 The brief for the quakka kid Tee shirt range was to firstly highlight and retain the hand drawn nature of the designs. The Tee shirt colours are all very bright colours to showcase the beautiful imagery.
                    Originally drawn by the clients daughter, using crayons on paper. 
I worked with the clients graphic designer to keep the texture and painterly quality for the hand pulled screen prints. Producing some terrific results and bringing further attention in respect to the print colors and the alignment of the multi colored designs.



Printed back label.


Bright T shirts, this pile doesn't look like 200!!

Fire engine red, used for the dark Purple Zing {snail design}





Reference of print colors and order for me to refer to.
{from top left to right- Wilma, Bongo, Munchy, Zing and Henny}



Film layout at home 1



Film 2, cutting out at home.
                             

Floating mask on Henny screen frame, underside.
                           



Blocking small pin holes on the emulsion, underside of screen.

All these amazing designs are available to purchase from
www.quokkakids.com.au
                                     


Bongo, two colors printed.
Pink face and red ears.
                                        



Bongo
                                        




Lastly black face detail for Bongo.





Setting the scene for placement of Bongo, using template



Zing- Light blue t shirt, printed with grey and black inks



Zing printed on hot pink T. A hand cut float to mask the face details as the second {body} ink colour is printed.



Zing- two color dynamic printed on bright Orange T.



Zing- Printed on hot pink Tee.



Zing- Printed three colour on deep purple TEE.


Zing- First colour printed prior to black detail.









Quokka kids








Henny- Printed on hot pink Tee. Registering second colour {purple dress} to print.



Henny- Black line print to come, encapsulating and completing the design on hot pink.


Henny- Printed four colour on white Tee, SUPER CUTE!!


Henny- Complete, ready for sale:}


Quokka kids  = Super cute!Click on this photo to go to website



Munchy- Printed with bright white and black on deep purple TEE
2- Printed Mauve and black on white TEE


Munchy - Printed bright white and black on Orange TEE.


Munchy- Printed with bright white and black on deep purple TEE







This range from Quokka kids was such fun to work on, the finished product speaks for itself.
Keep kids bright, keep them seen, keep them happy and dressed in quality breathable cotton.
Printed ethically and with eco friendly waterbed inks right here in Melbourne!


Rhett Kilner is founder of aboxapart and showcases his own wares on ETSY.
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