Fishy Swirl Screen Prints

These screen prints aren't new but I'm still trying to decide what to do with them. I'm not sure they're quite finished. There may be too much going on here! Are they making your dizzy? I made a watercolor painting with an animal in a swirl in school and another student said it was making her sick! Sorry!

Screen Printed Birds #1

I thought I would try a little screen printing on fabric so I chose to make a few hand towels for friends and family. The design is simple (time was running out!) but still, it took some time and patience. See my process! Here I'm cutting a stencil for the yellow bird, to be printed on the fabric first.

I think screen printing is the most fun of all of the printmaking processes!

Screen Printed Birds #2

I attached my cut-out stencil (only the yellow bird was cut out) to the bottom of my screen and then I squeegeed the ink through the screen. It went through my stencil onto the fabric underneath.

Screen Printed Birds #3

The screen is lifted and you can see I have finished adding the third and last color, pink!

Final Result!

The screen print project is complete!

Sea Urchins

Even though I did this screen print several years ago, I still like it, with all of its little bits of color. Sometimes I yearn for color when I am working only on etchings!

11"x 13"