WEEK 12 - HIVE SIDES

07/05/2014

In the first hour I researched into whether to send off for my corporate business cards or not, I looked into local businesses that can do it and as well as online businesses; I compared the prices and sent off for samples. For the rest of the morning I copied my dissected Honeybee template onto tracing paper and handed it in ready to be exposed onto screens for printing. 

08/05/2014

Sewing machine sampling. As part of my final piece to add texture and colour shading which cannot be done through a print I am going to use the sewing machine and a range of treads. To ensure this is doable I decided to produce some samples of what colour threads I could use and how I will do it for example straight/diagonal/machine effected lines. 

These 2 images below show the range of samples I have produced using different methods and threads. The fourth one along is my favourite. It does however depend on what inks I use to print with for what threads will add shading and still be noticeable on a large scale. Therefore once my screens have been exposed and are ready to print I will do further samples using the sewing machine of printed samples. 

09/05/2014

My screens are ready to be used!!!

Screen 56 - Honeybee Segments.

Screen 84 - Small background Hexagons.

Screen 83 - Large Hexagons with bee silhouettes.

Today I decided to mix the colours I want to print in and to produce a good amount of samples before the print room becomes too busy. All of which I did with hardly any problems there was just one!!!! Below are images from different angles of my screen which hold my bee segments on. They may appear ready to be printed on, which they are but with one problem they are not the right size to fit into the larger hexagons bee silhouettes. My first thoughts were ciaos! However after informing Kat and Kathryn I went to go see Paul from graphics again who was able to re size these on Illustrator to the perfect fit, which I am extremely thank full for. I then transferred the new sized bee's from paper onto tracing paper ready for Kathryn to re-expose. After this everything went smoothly in the print room.

Screen 84.

This has exposed really well however for my final piece Kathryn said she will re-expose it as the top side hasn't exposed as well as I would like. However it is fine whilst I sample colours.



Screen 85.

Exposed brilliantly. Ready to print.

My work space for today. 

 

Mixing pigments - I decided to use colours that reflected my sheet-work such as mood boards and visual sheets. Therefore any mixed pigments I used included the pigment colours Brown RRT, Orange G, Yellow 2G or/and Dark Brown GTM. Below is an image of two of the pigments I have frequently used.

 

These two images are of my mixed pigment dyes the one to the left is Brow RRT and a small amount of Orange G, mixed with binder; however as sampling went on I decided to add some Dark Brown GTM to produce a more darker brown that I was after for my design. When jotting down these colours through sampling I call this mix of pigments and binder my PMIX  for easy reference. The image to the right is of my TMIX again shortened for referencing throughout sampling. This mix of pigment and binder is made up of pigment colours Orange G and a small amount of Brown RRT however as sampling went on to produce more of a golden orange shade I added some Yellow 2G.

These next 4 images are taken of my sampling at different stages, such as the first screen 84 printed then screen 83. The 4th image is of my second screen lined up ready to be printed. As you can see for the third image I have used a different pigment mix. I have also used different fabrics to print on such as Calico, Cotton and Muslim. For sampling as my screens are so large it is ideal to tape fabric together so I can print onto them all at the same time, which allows me to produce more samples at once.

This is Screen 83 printed onto a wet felted sample I produced.

Today I really enjoyed my time in the print room and I feel I have produced  good range of samples before the print room is to get busy. The next time I'm in the print room for sampling I am going to sample colours of the opposite spectrum simply to see how my design can vary.