Guess what guys? This morning, I sprung out of bed at 9am, without the aid of an alarm and got to work early. I’ve printed two layers already and I’m very satisfied.

I’m really happy with this. I thought I screwed myself over by making this raindrop shape the first layer. I couldn’t think of anything to put on it for weeks. But the large type collage works perfectly. Knocks out the grey. Thinking the next color will be a plummy purple.

Completely in love with the overlap of this blue and red. I mean, look at the purple-red it produces! So droolworthy. Haven’t encorporated the type into this print yet, or the blue one for that matter, but I’ve got six other type collages burned to screens already. I have a feeling these prints are going to take a lot of layers to get just right… the type layers can’t look slapped on… the need to be encorporated into the prints, which means lots of transparency and lots and lots of layers.

Also, tested out the little exposure unit last night. Works like a charm, roughly three minute exposure with the emulsion I’m using (Ulano TZ). I need to get something to weigh down the screen while exposing. I don’t have anything that’ll fit into these wee 20×24″ screens. Very tempted to make a cover for this unit and put it on a base…you know, make it into a side table. The geeky printmaker’s perfect sidetable. Great for setting your drinks on and hey, if you need to burn a screen, take the top off and your exposure unit is right there. Completely silly.

Anyway…back to work!