metallic

Oli & I did a few screen print experiments with paint & stock. We exposed two circles onto a paper screen, one being a block coloured circle and the other half tone image of our moon. The only problem was that the black didn't print dark enough from the studio printers so the screen had a grainy texture to it. Seeing as it's just a tester it's fine, as the grain actually looked quite nice, but for the final prints we'll have to print block black circles downstairs in the digital printers.

We were thinking of using metalic paint for the moons due to the components of which they're made up of. The half tone image was applied in order to display each unique surface of the moons in our solar system. Fluorescent paint was also used which we think will be potentially applied with the suns to dramatise the luminosity.

We're currently looking into ordering some heat sensitive paint as some suns are supposedly so cold you could actually touch them, so this would add a really nice edge to the prints. For the moons we've been looking into getting some light reflective paint or some glow in the dark paint as it's contextual to the moons, and again, it would add another dimension to the prints.

The metallic copper paint was really nice to work with and we're keen to do some more prints experimenting with gold pearl, silver, bronze etc.