What is it about scraping and moving paint and ink around a piece of paper that feels so good? there is something tactile about it that I just connect with.

Yesterday a coworker wanted to print a year on her work hoodie. So she came on down to the print shop and I got to teach her how to roll out ink and print on fabric. She enjoyed it and I ended up with a lot of left over white fabric ink and a dirty plate, so I hand printed the plate onto my scraped ink and paint papers. I’ve added a lot of additional layers from that last post. I think they are looking great. Almost ready to use as little book covers.

I realized as I uploaded these that I also found a half empty Maribu spray acrylic bottle and I used all of it on these piece to spray and splatter some more. It’s such a dark green it’s almost black in areas. Fun.

I think this image really showcases the chalk pastel and transparent base screen printing technique I’m practicing for use with the kids. you can see the self portrait right next to the 2024 on the left bottom.

Anyway, I like the combination of printing styles and how the white is very stark against the vibrant background. I’m definitely going to be printing my very serious artist screens on here.