Processing the final posters: full day in the print studio

After establishing a plan of action, it was now time to use the ready-made screens that I had prepared previously. The reason for this supports my own methods of working, as I spend most of one day printing the artwork out via the large format printer as they can print A1, these are then waiting to be exposed via the screens that had already been coated with emulsion and fully dried out from being in the ovens.

I feel that I have mastered this process very well now as I spent most of my BA getting my timings right and allowing the screens to dry fully before exposure happens next. Now that I had the designs exposed to the relevant screens, it was time to use these screens to print with. 

The images below are the initial stages of when I set my screens for print. This was a new discovery for me working on this large scale. I had to check on the overall size of the screens to see if they would be suitable for my designs and the size of them. I wanted to visually see the overall composition of them to get a glimpse of what they potentially will look like when exposed on the screens and then printed on paper stock. 

The image shows the initial screen printing stages. 

One thing that I did not take into account was the different sizes of ovens that the print studio has. I ended up using the larger ovens to fit my A1 screens. As I had multiple screens to explore, it was important to check beforehand that I had enough space for them all to sit and allow the emulsion to dry, ready to be exposed next.

The image shows the ovens used for larger screens 

I found this process so much longer than usual, this is due to the large size of the screens. So, I needed to plan my day in advance before I even turned up at the studio. After this was established and the screens had been dried, I could then expose them under the lamps.