It is then exposed to UV light using an exposure unit, light box or lamp (or even the sun!) with the film in between, blocking the light from certain areas of mesh. We are using an A4 90T screen to print on paper.Ī screen needs to be coated in sensitised photo emulsion using a coating trough and then dried in the dark. If you don’t want to do this yourself, ask us about producing a screen for you from your drawings. When your drawing is ready you can make your screen. The different nibs yield different results and can be used in combination to achieve the look you want. Use the different pens to draw onto the film. You can feel this with your finger tips: the correct side will feel slightly tacky and squeaky whereas the wrong side will feel smoother. Screen film has a right and wrong side on which to print and draw. Other pens may let too much light through and the screen will be over-exposed. We’re using Zig Pens in four different nib types: fine, medium, brush and broad as well as a Jacquard Film Marker. The pens need to be dark enough to block the light when exposing the screen. To do this we need screen film and opaque pens. This allows you to work in full scale, even tracing other print layers or design elements so that they will fit exactly. By using opaque film markers onto screen film we are able to skip the digital part altogether and create a photographic screen directly from the drawings you produce. Translating drawings into print doesn’t have to include scanning and digitally manipulating your design on a computer.
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