1. Read box 2 ‘Stencil Printing’ in your knowledge organiser
In this lesson you will gain some understanding of the screen printing process and the outcomes the techniques produces.
You will create your motif in preparation for your printing lesson next week.
Materials and equipment:
Image to work from (motif)
Card
Craft knife
1. Choose your motif (you may need to simplify this.)
2. Stick this onto your card
3. Use a craft knife to cut out your design
Complexity and detail of your design
Quality of cut (sharp, neat lines)

2. Screen Printing
Tom Abbiss Smith
Eliza South Wood
Adam Gale
Andy Warhol
Dan Parry Jones
Elizabeth Corkey

3. Homework
Ensure your stencil is cut out ready for printing DUE Thursday
Bring in inspiration for reduction lino and intaglio flipped image

4. Screen-Printing What you need: Dyes and inks Background Papers
Parcel Tape
Cloths
Squeegee
Frame
Instructions:
Collect all of your equipment and lay out on the table
Make sure your stencil is attached to your screen print with the brown parcel tape and there are no spaces of your screen showing
Decide on your repeat pattern and how it will look
Mix your dye colour and place the correct amount on the screen
With a partner and a squeegee you need to swipe the screen twice (this is depending on whether it is paper, fabric etc)
Make sure your layer is dried before swiping again
When all the layers are complete add detail to the piece through paint, cutting and/or attaching more papers etc
Tidy away all equipment and put dyes somewhere safe

5. Screen Printing—Process and tips
Taping the stencil to the screen...
Before you start you will need:
A stencil cut out from screen printing card
Frame
Brown parcel tape
Squeegee
Dyes—make up from acrylic paint and printing solution (2:1)
Newspaper
Pen
Masking Tape
Hair dryer
Creating a repeat print:
)Tape your repeated motif template onto your frame (centred from edges) with parcel tape.
)Block out the rest of the frame with more tape.
)Set up your space; position newspaper and tape to form one surface. Use small pieces of masking tape to adhere your paper (or fabric) to the newspaper & mark in place.
)Position frame for first print and make a reference mark on the newspaper where the top and the bottom of your stencil card meets (this will help you to align further prints).
)Add your dye to the frame above the top of the stencil.
)You will need someone to hold the frame in place for you before you print… Hold the squeegee at about 6o degrees to the frame and swipe through using a fluid motion. Smoothly, swipe back up to complete the print.
)Carefully lift off the screen and dry your print before adding the next repeat.
)To align the next print, line up the top of your stencil card with the bottom mark created earlier and make yourself a mark for the next (in line with the bottom of the card).
)Repeat until you have the desired number of prints.
Marking out guides...
Squeegee at 60 Degrees...
Tips and ideas:
Develop your print by working over and into it (make copies so that you can experiment) in pen / collage / paint / stitch etc.
For further challenge, try creating a second stencil (using the exact dimensions of the first) and cut away more intricate details to layer over the silhouettes.
If your print is bobbly your mix is too thin (add more acrylic).
If your print does not pick up on all of the detail you need to add more pressure / ensure that you pull through twice.
A more complex print...