Friday, July 17, 2009

still scared of the dark


so i got a really nice silkscreening kit for christmas from my parents. it's funny- kevin weigel never does anything halfway, so when i expressed interest in silkscreening, he did all kinds of research on different products and bought all the proper accessories to ensure precision as well as all the instructional manuels and dvds. i've found that i'm becoming more and more like him. especially with this- i watched both dvds twice, read about a thousand online tutorials, and all of the instructions about a dozen times. and today, i finally got started.



i get nervous because the supplies aren't exactly cheap so i don't want to ruin anything. and it's pretty tricky to do because the chemicals are light sensitive so you have to work in the dark. (not exactly the best situation for me- i'm scared of the dark AND i can't see anything.) i cleaned, mixed, and coated tonight and i'm hoping to burn my screen tomorrow. i think i'm going to do one of the designs on the left as my first print. thoughts on which one? i'm hoping to find some sweet raglan baseball t-shirts to put them on. cross your fingers that i didn't royally screw something up in the dark!


also, i forgot how much i love this song. we should have a themed party that looks like that video.








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