Kwen in London..

A small print for a guy with big ideas. Printed four up on A2 paper in only two colours makes this a print like this cheaper and much nicer than a digital print.  Quentin Vien was going to give them away as a thank you for investors in his animation project.  He kindly mentions Atom on his blog, and its an interesting and amusing read actually..have a look:
www.kweninlondon.com

Sword Spinoff

Lorenzo Fruzza holds up his Game of Thrones digital print. There is a varnish layer over the swords, done with a screenprint which adds a nice shiny dimension. And with a very different subject matter and different effect I did a similar thing for the next blogee.

For Your Delight.

A series of digital prints for final year student at the London College of Communication, Charlie Mallinson, with added screen layer.  As you can see in the second pic. Charlie is appreciating the shininess of the type.  This was screenprinted on the digital image in two layers of white and then a layer of varnish over the top. Adding a varnish layer is really the only way to get a good glossy finish in my experience.

Scraffer's Salon

George, the man behind Scraffer, got in touch and asked me to print this rather nice Luke Insect designed poster for his group show in Notting Hill. There are some good names there, it looks like it will be worth a trip to the wild west.  Because the print is bled to the edges it is printed on larger paper and then trimmed down.  This not only makes it possible to pick up the prints without covering your hands in ink, and therefore the next sheet of paper, but also means you can keep the registration marks on each sheet. I got them properly trimmed by helpful guys at Reprocity in Hackney Wick and it makes all the difference to the finish.

 

Fonte's London

A rather fine London map by Joao Fonte printed on recycled paper sourced (as they say) by Joao.  He's told me where he got it and I think I may be getting some in for people pretty soon, I am often asked for a paper which is properly off white. I think Joao told me he originally drew this as a freebie for the ad agency where he works, with their office featured in red. Being decent sorts they have let Joao have his design to sell as a print with the advert omitted.

 



Kitchenalia and Procrastination

Two A2 posters printed for Sara Mererid Williams for sale in I think she said Selfridges. Some very small type here, about 10 point, and reversed out of a colour which can create problems with small lines filling in. I was pleased with how crisp I got it all. A fine mesh and a fairly stiff squeegee is the answer. Sara was very pleased too, and has printed stuff herself. Its always very gratifying when someone who knows how tricky screenprinting can be is impressed.

Felt Bags are Art

Felt bags printed for Angel Fernandez. Stupidly I forgot to photograph the other side where they said 'No' in six different languages. They will form part of an installation which is about Europe's attitude to the Euro..so there you are! Printed with Plastisol ink which can give a very opaque effect.  I burnt the first two I tried to heat cure as I hadn't realised how much nylon was in them as oppose to cotton shirts. That gave an interesting effect actually with the burnt felt shrinking away from the printed parts, for another project maybe.