A run of three-color posters for a summer of outdoor shows, pulled by hand, two hundred at a time.
Client
[Venue]
Run
[200] per show
Size
A2
Inks
Yellow, pink and blue
On the press, run one
3-Color Screen Print
[Venue] wanted one poster idea that could change every week of the summer without a redesign. We drew a sun, a line of hills and the type as three separate layers, so each week only the blue screen, with the dates, gets remade.
Pull the Layers
Each color is its own screen. Switch the inks on and off, or knock the screens out of line to see how registration works.
All three inks, in register.
From Sketch to Rack
1
Sketch
Every print starts as a pencil drawing, usually too many of them.
2
Burn the Screen
Each color gets its own screen, exposed to light like a photograph.
3
Pull
Ink goes down one color at a time, one sheet at a time, by hand.
4
Dry and Sign
Prints dry on the rack overnight, then get numbered and signed.
