The following is a repost of my blog..I am working on my first project in over 6 months(long story)

what are you folksies working on?




Screenprinting woes but otherwise doin swell Sun, February 4, 2007 - 5:24 AM
Oh happy happy room! I am loving my new art/craft studio/private space.....there is even a light at the end of the tunnel of getting it organised
But in making my first screenprint since going to new orleans I am having some trouble.
I am supposed to make t-shirts for this chili cookoff we are participating in today but the thing is that I have messed up on the screen twice now and now there is no going back.
The first attempt was a washout because I did not let the screen dry long enough..or I put the emulsion on too thick.
THIS time...my SECOND try...I um...seem to have torn the screen..in different parts...this after almost overexposing the image...in fact I did over expose the image..but not on a crucial part of the screen...and i tore the screen in trying to scrub out the emusion fluid...so the major major problem is the tear across the word "happy" in super happy fun land
As I see it there are two solutions to the problem....

a. Mask the word off and write it in with sharpie
or
b. make a stencil of the word "happy" on a blank screen (i already have).... and screen the word seperately

so not a total failure...

itll be funny.

I am overflowing with ideas for stuff I want to screenprint i tells ya..

I think instead of starting back with the workshops, I am just gonna mostly focus on my own designs for a while.....though people HAVE been asking and asking about the silly workshops.....


oh yeah..and yeaterday at the thrifty store, Flakey found 2 really nice pairs of vintage red heel monkey socks.
nice old ones with the orange-ish heel....

We had gone bike riding to look for garage sales.

most of the stuff we found was for free sitting out on the curb..and that included several books.

Last night we had a kids show and they were mostly well behaved.

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129 Sun, February 4, 2007 - 6:57 AM
update:
ow my arse hurts...I slipped in a puddle last night and managed to both fall on my butt and skin my knee...I have been up for a couple hours..so the fatigue has started to kick in...along with the aches of my slightly nasty fall yesterday...

I was able to fix my screen more or less..the stencil thingy worked except that I used blue painters tape for the stencil and it washed out when I washed out my screen so i have to make a new stencil...after the screen dries....maybe i will try a different approach...ummmmanummmanummm......

and I spilled some ink..
and...i guess now i better go and make that stencil

i also need to ....

clean up from last night..
wash and organise the veggies and supplies for the cookoff..

and
um
take a nap..
we gots to be out there by 11
and it is about 9
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Poop...
129 Sun, February 4, 2007 - 8:26 AM
yay! nail polish does the trick!
I corrected my makeshift "happy" screen with nail polish! it worked like a charm! Now instead of quarter-assed, my newest screen has been upgraded to half-assed!!
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