Screen print holiday cards and gifts

2010, screen printing / /

simple screen print fabric napkins with embroidery hoop and paper stencils

Screen printing is a good printmaking choice when you want to make a lot of the same impression over and over again.

Holiday cards and handmade gifts may be a great fit for this process.

The napkins above were quickly printed using a simple embroidery hoop screen, eyeball registration and paper stencils. I added the handwritten text after the screen printed marks had dried.

If you are interested in trying this method of screen printing, then I would like to share with you a private tutorial to help you get started.

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Layering screen prints with thermofax screens

2010, monotype print / /

Notebook cover with thermofax screen print kit by linda germain

When I create textured papers for printing or collage, I think about:

  • Using a variety of lines, thin, thick, curved, even, uneven, and so on
  • Finding some harmony in the chaos by the time I am done and
  • Combining colors in a way the leads the viewer to a focus

I like to give myself time to come to a place where I am happy with the layers.

I also work on 10 or more papers at once so that I have lots of opportunities to succeed.

I have put together a kit of 8 thermofax screens that are great for creating layered, textured papers.

The kit includes:

  • butterfly
  • dragonfly
  • scribbly handwritting
  • “love”
  • “create”
  • 2 spyrograph drawings and
  • circular pattern

The imagery is simple enough to working to many different projects. You could use many of the screens together, as I did in today’s project or you could use them separately to make, cards, t-shirts, napkins, aprons, tablecloths and much more.

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Thermofax prints for texture

2010, mixed media printmaking / /

I love lots of layers in a mixed media print. I like to draw the viewer in for a closer look into the layers of marks that make up the whole print.

Homemade Gelatin and glycerin plate print with Thermofax screen print

Screen printing with the thermo fax screen is great for times when you want to make lot’s of impressions of the same design. So today I played with 17 small prints and 4 book spreads and one spirograph screen.

artist book with thermofax screen print

Thermo fax screens are good for line drawings and details that you can’t get with other types of screen printing. I made this spirograph drawing, photocopied it and then burned a screen with my 3M transparency maker.

You only need a couple of screens to get started playing with this method of screen printing. I put together a kit of

  • 8 untaped screens, as shown below and
  • access to a lesson and 4 videos to prepare the screens,
  • pull prints, ideas for surfaces to print on and
  • how to care for your screen.
8 piece Thermofax Screen starter kit with Pulling Screen Prints the online printmaking course with Linda Germain
8 piece Thermofax Screen starter kit – images as shown – untaped

To get your screens just click the paypal button and I will ship them to  you asap.

$40.00 USD includes 8 screens and access to 4 private videos and basic instructions.


If you have any questions please email me, linda@lindagermain.com
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Unconventional printmaking tools

tools / /

coffee and copier as printmaking tools

Have you discovered some unique mark making tools? If you love to make indirect marks and you do not have a printing press, then you probably are quite creative in your use of unconventional tools for making prints.

Today I used:

  • the copier to make prints of old typewriter notes and
  • Coffee and a cup to stain the prints

I plan to print over these paper with the gelatin print process. I like building papers with marks and history. It gives the print layers of information that draw the viewer in.

What about you? Are you open to finding new tools or using your thoughts and words to build papers with rich history?

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Limit printing tools and Make Monotypes

monotype print / /

Glycerin and Gelatin plate monotype print by Linda GermainI have collected lots of stamping tools and made many stencils for creating monotype prints with the glycerin and gelatin plate. Sometimes too many tools can be overwhelming.

By limiting my tools I can:

  • really explore the potential marks of that stencil or stamp
  • learn how to manipulate the ink for that tool
  • find exciting surprises
  • create compositions that are dynamic

So for me, I spend time exploring tools and their best uses and then there is time to print a series of monotypes.

Monotype print made with stencils and the gelatin plate - Linda Germain

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