More Pics From Courtney Conk...

Here are more photos of model Anhendonia wearing my tees and performing lip service to my business cards...



Photos by the great Courtney Conk.

Lucky Bunny vs Wilco

Wilco liked my bunny heart design so much that they had me do some lettering and made some t-shirts out of the design. It's VERY rare that I do commercial work, in fact I never do it unless I have total creative freedom. Jeff Tweedy and company gave me just that and were a pleasure to work with. Here's a pic the management forwarded to me, 3-colors on a cream tee...

Bunny Love Pt. 7

The final color, dark red/brown...


Clean up time.


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Bunny Love Pt. 6

3rd Color, cyan...


4th Color, bright red...


5th Color, purple...


Test printing the 6th color, dark red, which looks way too dark and opaque. At this stage I start adding transparent base until the bright red underneath starts to shine through...


Got it, one more color to go...

Bunny Love Pt. 5

Checking the rose test prints against my color swatch book, got it on the 3rd try...


Adding and mixing more tranparent base on screen...


Second color done and drying on rack...

Bunny Love Pt. 4

Checking the color against my pantone swatch book. At this stage, the blue was too dark and opaque...


It's a small run so I add transparent base to the screen and mix...


After a few rounds of mixing in transparent base and test printing I'm finally happy with the light blue...


Mixing the second color, rose...

Bunny Love Pt. 3

This print required tight registration so I racked the paper before printing to let each sheet expand, contract, or whatever it wants to do. The temperature in my studio varies and all paper reacts differently especially when ink hits it...


Putting the screen in the press...


First color, aqua...


First test print...

Bunny Love Process PT 2

"Shooting" a screen meaning blasting it with a very bright UV light...


All the areas blocked out by the light (black on film) wash away creating a stencil...


Screens drying...

Bunny Love Process PT 1

Film positive generated by my Epson...


One film for each color...


The screens are coated with photo emulsion, one screen for each color...


Each film positive is attached to the screen with tape to hold it in place...


A view of the screen inside of vacuum bed...

New Screen Print

I'm pleased to announce my first new silkscreen of 2009. This 7-color screen print titled Bunny Love goes on sale today at Noon (eastern) on www.LuckyBunny.net. The size is 18x24, and limited to 55 in the edition. I will have 45 up for grabs because 10 are already spoken for. Perfect for all you last minute Valentine's Day shoppers. All U.S. orders will ship via priority mail (2-3day) so the print will arrive on or before Valentine's Day. I just put in a 15hr day so I'm going home to get some rest and will post process pics in this blog this afternoon.



Detail...

New 7-Color Silkcreen Art Print

Before Valentine's Day I'll be releasing my first new art print of 2009. It'll be 7-colors, 18x24, and limited to only 50 prints to keep it rare. Mailing list subscribers will know about it first so stay tuned!

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