Learn the basics of screen printing and get a great basics in 3 hours. We'll review the basics of burning an image onto a screen to transferring that image onto a surface (paper, fabric, undies, perhaps?) You’ll learn how to coat a screen, burn it using a vacuum exposure unit and how to use a press (tabletop and tee shirt press). We'll talk about the things that will make screening easier for you as a newbie- since after all it is a bit of a complicated process. Though we will review most of the steps, we really simplify the class to focus on printing so you can get good at that while still learning all the steps. There are over 18 water soluble ink colors for you to use in your printing. You will work with our house screens which include fun images such as fun phrases, spirit animals, our cruse screen, neighborhood screens, popular graphics and many to choose from. For this special late night screening class, we make it a bit more social, a bit more fun for groups & dates and you can BYO- make it fun.
We also offer up you can use our Workshop screens for the shirts we sell for an additional $5 (after all we do sell them and they are our signature designs). You will walk out of this class understanding the basics of simple ONE COLOR printing. You will have the knowledge to print at home, at Workshop for additional screen printing classes, or other printing spaces in the city. We supply several cool papers, patches and have some fun tees, totes and blanks for sale AT COST that you can print on. This class is a great starter class, but it is not to be substituted for a multiple-week, intensive course. It will review the basics and give you some hands-on experience with screen printing. SO PLEASE do not come to class with a huge project. This class is fun and for basics, not for printing 250 of you wedding invites. This class includes one hour of instruction and two hours of time to print, work with the instructor on pulling images, explore, and get creative!
supplies needed: none, but feel free to bring extra fabric, paper, canvases, pillowcases, aprons, t-shirts or other goodies if you would like to screen Workshop images onto them to take home. we do offer limited items for sale that you can purchase to print.
getting your own custom screen for class & home printing: for an additional $48, you can send in your own custom images to be burned onto a screen (whatever can fit onto two 8.5 X 11 sheets preferred or one 11 X 17 sheet) AND take your screen to print at home or at a studio. All screens use brand new 110 - 230 mesh count silk screen fabric stretched over recycled frames. An email must be sent to images@workshopsf.org that includes images and the date of your class. Images must be submitted ONE WEEK before class or we can't promise we can have it in time. Please download this sheet for image instructions:
http://www.workshopsf.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/screening-instructions.JPG (if link doesn’t work, please try copying and pasting it into your browser.)
ALL WORKSHOP CLASSES ARE FOR AGES 18 & OVER, WE OCCASIONALLY MAKE AN EXCEPTION IF A CLASS HAS APPROPRIATE CONTENT, PLEASE EMAIL US IF YOURE INTERESTED.
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