First day in Printroom 

My first day in printroom was a bit of a disaster. Firstly, it took me a while to prepare the dyes because I found it difficult to get the right colours. I also found it hard to use my time efficiently and remember everything as well as staying organised, therefore I only produced a few finished prints at the end of the day. However, I learnt from my mistakes and took notes to help me for the next time.

Some of the things I learnt were:

• Just use a tiny little dot of pigment for the lighter colours.
• Don't go too light with pigment colours otherwise they won't show (tried with light pink).
• Prepare the fabric and dyes for the next print while the screen's in the heater because it can take upto 15 minutes for the screen to dry completely. 
• Iron the backing cloth if the dye goes through the fabric to fix it and prevent it from staining the other fabrics.
• Keep all the extra items off the table (e.g, spare fabrics, dye pots, brushes etc) otherwise things can get confusing (just as it happened today!)
• Mark where the screen's edges are if repeating a motif on the same fabric.

This is definitely the most successful print of the day! I like how the colour appears to be fading in the background. Use of colour is also very effective in this print.  

Tester.A simple Black and white print.