I’ve been exploring the world of graphic design in recent weeks as I thought about books and book design. It was not too many steps from graphic design to screen printing, which is something that I had thought about before.
I liked this intro to screen printing that I came across trawling through YouTube.
I was curious to understand how I might be able to apply this to photography. Could you? There’s a great course on Domestika that goes through how to use photoshop to make CMYK separations and then do a four color screenprint. Check out the trailer below.
Moving a step beyond photorealistic screenprinting to something more imaginative I realized that Andy Warhol had done this already.
And you can too…
I also think that Charlie Barton is doing interesting things combining screen printed photos with graphic shapes such as the Ferris wheel sunset below.
Definitely food for thought and I will certainly be exploring how I could print my photography and extend it through screen printing.
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