Junk Book Pages
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Comment by Mike Tann on August 15, 2012 at 6:39pm -
Very interesting and nice work.
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Comment by mel ko on August 12, 2012 at 5:48pm -
Your work is very interesting!Delicate and highly decorative!
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Comment by francoise barnes on August 11, 2012 at 12:35pm -
Bronwyn, thank you for the comment. This is what I did:
Collected some junk mail (on the heavier type). I spread gesso over them with different implements, brush, old credit card, etc. I tried to obtain some nice texture but left some small areas barely covered or not at all.. When dry I applied a coat of watercolor and let it dry. On top of that one another coat of watercolor (different color from the 1st one). As you can see some areas did not take to the watercolor and that gave a nice touch.
By the way this was from an online class taken from Carla Sonheim. She is wonderful.
Let me know if you have other questions
Take care!♥♥♥
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Comment by Bronwyn Palmer on August 11, 2012 at 10:10am -
This is really interesting. How did you prepare the junk mail paper?
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HERE ARE 2 LINKS to TWO of my youtube videos talking and demonstrating about this amazing product:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIc02QBihJQ&feature=share&list=UUM6N5AOYoyg6eAkbcDWpNFg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zAPZn5TEyM&list=UUM6N5AOYoyg6eAkbcDWpNFg&index=41
So once i have my image printed onto transparency film, I take my Ezscreen silk screen which has been coated in light sensitive emulsion (These sheets come pre-coated so they are ready to use). Place it onto a black board, then place the transparency image on top (this part needs to be done in a dark room with no direct sunlight). I take it outside and expose it for 1 minute and 40 seconds (but time varies depending on time of day and strength of sunlight). After i have exposed the image i place it into a tub of water for around 5 - 8 minutes. Then i rinse the screen out under fast running water until the unexposed area (the black) washes away. I then expose the screen to the sun for a further 20mins to completely harden the light sensitive emulsion.
And this is the completed screen ready for printing. I simply use an old credit card to spread the ink over the screen making sure i do one complete full stroke across the screen (holding the credit card at a 45 degree angle). I immediately wash the screen out under fast flowing water and pat dry. I use fabric screen printing ink which washes out in water (which makes the process easy).
I love this product, their website is http://ezscreenprint.com/ (for full instructions and details on how to purchase this awesome product).
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