Squeegeeville

2008 Screenprinting Workshops

Each year, Squeegeeville Studio presents training courses and workshops to fit the needs of people who want to learn more about the art, technology, and methods employed using the screenprinting process. We have posted the monthly studio course dates below for 2008, plus information and examples about our Traveling Courses, Multi-colour T-shirt Printing, Specialized Training, and Art Print Experience.

INTRO TO SCREENPRINTING

Small group courses

We will be running one scheduled* group ( max 4 people) Intro to Screenprinting class per month Sat-Sun 9:30-5pm at Squeegeeville Studio on Vancouver Island. BC Canada.
Novices will like it because it is easy to follow and doesn't require any 'artistic' skill. Practicing screenprinters who want to upgrade their knowledge will like it because we can quickly teach up-to-date techniques that will make you more efficient and give you better printing results. This is all about hands-on learning the basic fundamentals of screenprinting with photostencils. We use waterbased inks, and also take some time to learn the applications and history of our favorite print process.
The studio is situated in an incredible garden setting in one of the nicest spots in the world, and I have lots of toys for participants to play with including a SOLAR vacuum exposing system, 2 hand vacuum print tables, a cd printer, a semiauto 2-pole HANKY press, and a TMI Jaguar 3x4 air lift one arm. Oh, and a G4 Mac and an Epson 3000 plus a light table and lots of hand (pens, brushes, knives and rubylith, etc) art tools.

Areas we will cover:

• Art and Film prep
• Screens - mesh, emulsion, exposure, reclaiming
• Inks
• Make Ready and Registration
• Printing Techniques on various materials

Participants will go through a 'cycle' of screenprinting an image created using a variety of art tools and film types. Screens will be coated, exposed, and reclaimed. A sample run of each design helps the students see the relationships between the various elements of the screen printing process and how they all work together.
During the second half of the 2 day course, students are free to create and print their own simple designs, while practicing the steps learned earlier. With the small class size everyone gets lots of hands-on opportunity, and we make an attempt to accommodate small runs of art prints or different materials. (glass, silk, ceramics, 1-colour shirts, fabric, wood and leather are just some of the materials we have imaged during our courses – let me know in advance if you have specific applications you want to cover)
Included is a copy of ‘Screenprinting Today, the Basics’.

2008 Dates

April     5-6   finished
May      3-4   finished