Letterpress Printing

Thurssday, 6 March 2014

After attending on the comping workshop, we went to Kelapa Gading for take a look at the traditional letterpress machine. So tara! Here's the letterpress machine:

And for the ink, they still using manual technique which they have to mix the ink by themselves. Only 4 colours needed for the ink such as white, yellow, red, and blue.

Me mixing the colour

Table for mixing the ink.

After done with mixing the ink, we have to separate the ink.

One of the result of letterpress printing:

And I try to make my own card :)

I tried the machine!! :-D

The result:

Second element for the card:

I was amazed when I do this, the result is cool!

Final result:

We also went to the working place of Sopha Company

Comping Workshop: Week 1

Thursday, 6 March 2014

At 9-11 a.m, we have a visitor!! They will having a workshop here until the end of March. The workshop is about screen printing process.

Class started with this. The teacher asked us to draw anything. And I was drawing cat :)

After that the teacher (helped by her assistant) shows us how to do a screen printing. Firstly you have to make the paint well-spread. 

After that, prepare the image and place it on the light box. Give the oil above the paper

Place the canvas above the image then use something heavy above the canvas.

Next, place the canvas above the media that you want to use. Prepare the stuff.

Place the paint on the canvas, then start to spread it with the rubber,

Then I try to do screen printing :) :)

Things needed:

Spread the paint

Tada! Done ;-D

Don't forget to dry it up.

After that, we were asked to make group of three. Discuss and decide what figures that you want to make for this screen printing. Me, Marsha, and Deza decided to draw Princess Bubblegum :) this is mine:

We choose Marsha's drawing.