This weekend there was a birthday to attend. We needed a present. There was a blank t-shirt, a box of printing supplies, some creative minds and a determination not to go out in the rain to shop.
What should we print? A frog! A bunny! A flower? A peace sign? The birthday girl was turning 11. What would she like? The possibilities are endless with screen printing and I'm finding the only way to get started is to just pick a topic, pick a pattern, pick a color, just make a decision and go with it. So, in true spring seasonal spirit, we settled on a flower.
We were short on time, the birthday was at 5PM, so we used the stencil method. Using an exacto knife, the flower was cut out from plastic film. The butterflies were cut from a separate sheet. First, we printed the flowers. Each one is meticulously printed. For every color, the screen and the stencil is washed and dried. This is why I cut the stencils from plastic and not paper.The frame is re-taped to prevent paint to seep under the screen and paint is poured.
Using a hair-dryer to dry each print speeds up the process. This is also how we dry the frame between each print.
In under 2 hours we created a unique, one of a kind birthday present.
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