One Stencil many impressions – screen printing

Today I cut a paper stencil of a whale and printed many variations of that one stencil.

paper stencil for screen printing

I used copy paper to make the stencil because it is easy to cut. If I like the design then I might cut another stencil out of Tyvek®. That way it will be reusable.

lots of fish prints

I printed the watery background first. I used transparent base to create the unpredictable swirls in the impression

whale screen print

I had fun dribbling the ink on to the screen to see what kind of impression I could get.

screen print by linda germain

I tried leaving a horizon line, going beyond the blue and even other papers.

multi layer screen print

I like to approach screen printing with the idea of discovering what is possible. How can I combine materials and process to make a unique expression?

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