Journal: Silk Screening

How to do it? With the silk screening first of all you need to have a screen that has the specific picture needed that has the shape needed. Then get a specific paint color and then put it on the screen and spread the paint first, once it has been spread you put pressure with the tool and press it hard on the screen so that it can go on the shirt/bag. Wait till its dry then go to the next color and screen.

Materials and tools needed: The tools needed is paint, plain white/black shirt, and the screen.

Tips to be successful? The way to be successful is that you have to make sure that you are spreading the paint steadily.

What did you learn from the activity? I learnt how to do silk screening which was really new to me, I wasn’t very happy with my results, but I learnt from my mistakes to be able to do it right if I do it again, one of the other things that I learnt about some new tools and how to use the screen and make a shirt.

How would you do it differently if you do it again? I would make sure that I spread the paint more steadily because it smudged because I was shaking.

Tie Dye:

Tie Dye:

How to do it?

Get the paint ready

Get rubber bands and tie it on to the fabric

Dip the fabric into the paint for whichever color you want to use

After that dip it into water

Then take of the rubber bands and its done

Materials needed:

Rubber band

Fabric

Paint

Buckets

Water

Tips to be successful:

Make sure that the rubber band is on the fabric and tide tight, and make sure that you dip it in water after your done putting on the paint.

What did you learn from this activity?

I learnt how to do tie dye properly, and step by step on how to do it correctly.

How would you do it differently if you did it again?

I would tie it in a different patterns with more colors, and do it more carefully.