European Bob 🇬🇧 London Street Artist • Art For Sale, by European Bob on Jun 14, 2015 19:52:51 GMT 1, Hi, I hope this finds everyone well.
As someone who originally began painting stencils for enjoyment and show casing them on this forum, I have gained a vast amount of support from the forum community so as a thank you I wanted to start a thread showing the production of a screen print edition coming from my personal point of view. I will document every process involved in the creation.

Choosing an image to produce into a screen print edition is extremely difficult. I myself have looked at other print releases and questioned the the image choice but I always respect the artists decision and understand that people will love images and others may not. That is the beauty of it.
When deciding I followed my heart and the piece that I loved the most. I originally created my “Duck Hunt” piece in 2012 and it is an image that I keep coming back to. For me the image provokes some nostalgic emotions; playing Snes with dad and having fun. To be honest thats all I want the artwork to do.
Right choice? wrong choice? I simply love it and hope you will too!


I went back to photoshop to clean up the original image, making sure all the lines where as good as they could be. Keeping as much detail as I could for the print size and separating all the layers ready for print.


The next step is printing the layers onto paper. I use an application called “PosteRazor” to print my images to the desired size. 8 Pieces were printed in preparation for cutting.


For my stencils I use Snowdon Cartridge Paper 300gsm. I have tried several different cards and for me this is the ideal stock, it is extremely durable and also good value for money. Sticking the printed paper onto the card the cutting process begins. Cutting 8 stencils is quite tiresome but it is actually something I enjoy and theres something therapeutic about it!



I use the stencils to produce several test pieces. I like my pieces to look a bit ‘rough' I love the rawness of using stencils and I I’m not a fan of everything looking so perfect. I keep important details clean but I love the roughness of the overspray compared to the crispness of the black lines creating some life and movement in the image. I'm probably the only one who thinks that but hey.
I then measure everything to make sure that the piece will work on the desired paper size, and mark up background/border dimensions.


The next step is probably the most important. I prefer to hand paint everything I release myself so when making a screen print edition I want to craft as much as I can by my own hand. To do this I get some clear film.



There are several ways to transfer your image onto film. For me the most personal way is to actually paint each film. This process captures the most authentic reproduction of my work, it is the closest I will get to hand spraying each piece.
Some may ask why did I not just release a hand painted edition. The answer comes back to my love for screen printing, collecting screen prints and the relationship between screen printing and stencil art. Screen printing in itself is a piece of art. The time, effort and attention to detail undertaken reflects extremely well in stencilled images adding to the overall quality of the piece. Knowing that you have created a piece of work to the highest quality is the main reason.




Once the films are hand sprayed I would go back over them them touching up or removing blemishes and making sure everything was as good as it could be.


Im fortunate enough to have worked with a talented artist and master screen printer. Knowing that they're extremely knowledgable and using the best equipment I am proud to have them working on my pieces. For me they are the best print studio and produce amazing stuff. Please check there work out if you have a minute www.hipposcreenprinters.co.uk I could not recommend them any higher!

I am taking everything to Hippo Screen Printer this week so I will update this thread as soon as I can.

I hope this may provide a glimpse inside the world of something you and I are passionate about and hopefully shows some of the work that is involved.
If you have any questions or request I will do my best to answer or I can have a chat with someone that does.

Thanks for reading this far and joining my journey to create a screen print!
Cheers
Bob

**Disclaimer. These are my personal views, they are by no means correct. Im not a blogger so I apologise for the full essay vibe

Hi, I hope this finds everyone well.
As someone who originally began painting stencils for enjoyment and show casing them on this forum, I have gained a vast amount of support from the forum community so as a thank you I wanted to start a thread showing the production of a screen print edition coming from my personal point of view. I will document every process involved in the creation.

Choosing an image to produce into a screen print edition is extremely difficult. I myself have looked at other print releases and questioned the the image choice but I always respect the artists decision and understand that people will love images and others may not. That is the beauty of it.
When deciding I followed my heart and the piece that I loved the most. I originally created my “Duck Hunt” piece in 2012 and it is an image that I keep coming back to. For me the image provokes some nostalgic emotions; playing Snes with dad and having fun. To be honest thats all I want the artwork to do.
Right choice? wrong choice? I simply love it and hope you will too!


I went back to photoshop to clean up the original image, making sure all the lines where as good as they could be. Keeping as much detail as I could for the print size and separating all the layers ready for print.


The next step is printing the layers onto paper. I use an application called “PosteRazor” to print my images to the desired size. 8 Pieces were printed in preparation for cutting.


For my stencils I use Snowdon Cartridge Paper 300gsm. I have tried several different cards and for me this is the ideal stock, it is extremely durable and also good value for money. Sticking the printed paper onto the card the cutting process begins. Cutting 8 stencils is quite tiresome but it is actually something I enjoy and theres something therapeutic about it!



I use the stencils to produce several test pieces. I like my pieces to look a bit ‘rough' I love the rawness of using stencils and I I’m not a fan of everything looking so perfect. I keep important details clean but I love the roughness of the overspray compared to the crispness of the black lines creating some life and movement in the image. I'm probably the only one who thinks that but hey.
I then measure everything to make sure that the piece will work on the desired paper size, and mark up background/border dimensions.


The next step is probably the most important. I prefer to hand paint everything I release myself so when making a screen print edition I want to craft as much as I can by my own hand. To do this I get some clear film.



There are several ways to transfer your image onto film. For me the most personal way is to actually paint each film. This process captures the most authentic reproduction of my work, it is the closest I will get to hand spraying each piece.
Some may ask why did I not just release a hand painted edition. The answer comes back to my love for screen printing, collecting screen prints and the relationship between screen printing and stencil art. Screen printing in itself is a piece of art. The time, effort and attention to detail undertaken reflects extremely well in stencilled images adding to the overall quality of the piece. Knowing that you have created a piece of work to the highest quality is the main reason.




Once the films are hand sprayed I would go back over them them touching up or removing blemishes and making sure everything was as good as it could be.


Im fortunate enough to have worked with a talented artist and master screen printer. Knowing that they're extremely knowledgable and using the best equipment I am proud to have them working on my pieces. For me they are the best print studio and produce amazing stuff. Please check there work out if you have a minute www.hipposcreenprinters.co.uk I could not recommend them any higher!

I am taking everything to Hippo Screen Printer this week so I will update this thread as soon as I can.

I hope this may provide a glimpse inside the world of something you and I are passionate about and hopefully shows some of the work that is involved.
If you have any questions or request I will do my best to answer or I can have a chat with someone that does.

Thanks for reading this far and joining my journey to create a screen print!
Cheers
Bob

**Disclaimer. These are my personal views, they are by no means correct. Im not a blogger so I apologise for the full essay vibe