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Screen printing at Prints Charming
My Day of the Dead skull print - inspired by Newtown graffiti
Months ago the lovely Rebecca & I booked in for this full day course with Cath & Kirsten, the talented creative team behind local fabric store Prints Charming. The classes book out quicksmart because they’re so small (there were only four of us to the two of them) so sign up to the newsletter to get in first – we had an absolute ball.
First, we started by drawing images on ordinary A4 copy paper, then used stanley knives to cut our stencils. We then stuck them to silk screens with masking tape, and got on with the business of making our own prints. Really, it was that simple, and so much fun.
Unfortunately my camera malfunctioned so I can’t show you every one, but here are some images I did capture:
Rebecca at work
My skull screen
Hayat & her storm clouds - how cool is this?
Kirsten & Cath, the Prints Charming ladies