OUGD504: Design for print, Screen printing, flocking and foiling

For my own benefit, and to get a deeper understanding of the processes I decided to give screen printing, foiling and flocking a try.

You use fabric screens for flocking and foiling, and paper screens for screen printing.

(Pictures are courtesy of Jordan Harrison Reader as we both did the process together)

You start by cleaning the screen and making sure you get rid of any old marks which may affect your print.

Once you've cleaned the screen you rinse off any remaining stripper with soapy water.

Leave it to dry for a good 20 minutes

You then need to apply emulsion, using the troughs provided.

After your emulsion is dry, you need to get a member of staff to help you expose your image onto the screen.

I attempted flocking, foiling and screen printing in this session. I wanted to try spot varnishing but there wasn't any of the solution left to do so.

Unfortunately the camera ran out of battery so there is no pictures of the process but here are my final prints.

I tried these processes not so much because I was using the technique in my book, but because I wanted  a better understanding of what I wanted to talk about in my book.

Screen prints:

I've tried screen printing before but wasn't sure on how to set everything up, and how to prepare everything. I really enjoyed the process, it is definitely something I will be trying in the future.

Foiling:

I loved the finish print when foiling, it looks brilliant and is really fun to do. I'd never done this before so it was fun to try it out and learn a new technique.

Flocking:

Flocking was a very similar process to foiling, using the heat machine to transfer the material. I'm not to keen on flocking though, it feels great and looks good, but It gives off this tacky feel for me.