Thursday, December 30, 2010

I got one of those Yudu things...

From Dharma trading and then read all sorts of stuff about how awful they are including complaints about how they're impossible to use and that they're just a toy and total crap. It is a
screen printing system that includes all the steps including a light to burn images to photo emulsion to a dryer for the screens and a platen to hold t-shirts while you print. Not a professional system by any stretch but pretty compact and user friendly...IF you read the instructions and watch some Youtube tricks and tips. Most importantly: let the emulsion dry, no really really dry.


Here's what I did after only one emulsion disaster:


The black is my first go at printing the entire image. The squeegee that comes with the kit isn't that great so I couldn't get the ink all the way to the edges and all the way to the far end of the image. So I taped off the parts I didn't really like anyway and printed the white. A nice opaque white, it worked!

Am currently cleaning the screen for the next go!

3 comments:

Poirier Family said...

That is really cool. I like the way it came out with the ink not going all the way! That's just me. Can't wait to see more!! Have a Happy New Year!!

flying fish said...

Thanks! I sort of like the fade away too, but would rather have meant it to happen, ya know.

Happy New Year to you too!

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