Tuesday 22nd January - More Screen Printing

Danielle had taken all the drawings I had done from the magazines and the ones I had done of my sister, and cut out the patterned sections and put them onto a screen. This was where I had to turn my brightness and colour down and use neutral tones, which would therefore give me a chance to show the colour through other techniques such as sewing, stitch, beading, embroidery etc. I did however dye a few colourful backgrounds just because I did't want this set of prints to completely lack brightness. 

I wanted this to end up as being more than just a pile of screen prints as some of the other ones had ended up to be. I wanted to actually make something from these, such as perhaps a patchwork quilt, hanging or maybe even some jewellery. However, due to the fact that the patterns had been cut out in curvy shapes, I felt that they would be awkward to work with so I cut out some square and circle windows to print through. This way, the patterns would print in the shape of the window that was put on top. I preferred this, and also thought that it looked a lot more professional and effective. They also became a lot easier to work with and make something out of.