18 COLOR SERIGRAPH!

Even though this is a sold out print I think its very important to show the process of making an 18 color art print. This was done at The Decoder Ring Design Concern in Austin, Texas in March of 2007 with the help of Geoff Peveto and Paul Fucik.



This took 5 days to print, it is an edition of 100 and is titled "The Idealization of Asymmetrical Thought".



working on the first films





first colors





first screen





test print of the keyplate



first 2 colors





3rd color printed





doin stuff





test print





layer 1





layer 2





layer 3





layer 4





cutting rubylith





final product





painting in the shadows directly on the film





layer 5





layer 6





transparent varnish on the blues in layer 7



silver on layer 8





mixing inks





registering with vellum





oooops!





layer 9





layer 10





texas champagne





some working pics





inking, you can see my color mock up on the laptop





more inking





quick dry







pretty pink





burning the screen





wash out





layer 11





layer 12





screen used for a really subtle highlight on layer 13



mixing the white





adding oxide (the secret mixing ingredient in my whites!)





layer 13





layer 14





more mixin





layer 15, gold to green split fountain





layer 16, super transparent pink just on the cheeks





setting up the keyplate





keyplate screen



painting the original drawing for a gallery show





layer 17 and 18, final line art, then a varnish on top of the line art





YAY!!



Special thanks to The Decoder Ring guys for making it such an amazing experience! Geoff Peveto and Paul Fucik, you guys rule.