Sunday 14 November 2010

Astronomy - First screen prints

So i have finally managed to get into the print rooms and been able to screen print some samples for the postcards and posters with the glow in the dark paint. The hardest thing was that when i had printed them, i couldn't actually see the ink so i didn't know if it was right until it had dried.

After charging them in the studio i tried to get a dark room to see weather or not they would glow, but didn't have much luck with that.

The postcards that i had printed were very subtle but there was a faint glow in the dark line where you could see the circle on the front. But i think the ink needs to be a lot thicker in order for it to really glow.











But the Poster didn't glow at all, this design is quite delicate and so i don't think the ink is strong enough to make this design as crisp as i need it be to.



So for next time I'm going to try and get a thicker layer of ink through more runs on the screen and hopefully this should give them a higher chance of working.

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