You’ll need your design printed on a transparency sheet (the kind they used for overhead projectors) using a laser printer. Once the screen is dry it is time to expose it to light to burn your image. If you have a fan it will speed up your drying time. I push tacks into the corners on the mesh side and lay it flat to allow air to circulate around the screen. Once you have evenly coated the mesh it’s time to dry the screen. Flip the screen and use the squeegee on both sides and wipe any excess back into the bottle. You want a thin, even layer with no drips. Working quickly but carefully, pour a line of emulsion onto the top of the screen and use your squeegee to pull it down and spread it evenly over the mesh. You’ll need a bit of light to see what you are doing but nothing too bright or you will expose the emulsion and wreck your screen. Fill the small bottle halfway with cold water and shake really well to loosen all the material, then mix it into your emulsion and move into your dark room. The photo emulsion kit I use has a bottle of emulsion and a small bottle of sensitizer that you have to mix together. Once the screen mesh is secured (or if you have a clean pre-made one) it’s time to coat it with photo emulsion. Using your staple gun attach the mesh to the wooden canvas frame so it is stretched tight and even, as pictured. I make my own screens because the ready made ones, while convenient, are super pricey and stretching the mesh myself is pretty straightforward.
#Diy silkscreen how to
I thought it would be fun to photograph a tutorial as I made up my screens, so here’s how to do your own DIY screen printing!ĭiazo Speedball photo emulsion kit ( buy it here) Now that my studio is up and running I installed a light area in our storage closet and I finally got it all figured out this week. I also took a workshop last year that was really informative.
I was taught how to do this DIY method by a friend who did a trade with me for a septum piercing (how punk were we) and I’ve made lots of patches and other silkscreen art since, though it’s definitely been a while since I had a setup in my house. Silkscreening! This is a super fun and relatively easy method for printing your own designs on paper or fabric.
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