I experiment with the ETHOS on to screen printed designs. I
thought that this would be a good idea in order to experiment with placement,
fabrics and colour. I only used two screens (one a negative of the other) to
create backgrounds because I didn't intend screen printing to be a major part
of my project because my aim is to be commercial. I didn't expect the screen
printing to be as successful as it turned out to be and part of me wishes I'd
developed this further by making more versatile screens.
In regards to fabric, the cotton poplin was the only one that
caused an. Being thin and having a papery texture means the multi-head pierces
noticeably large holes through it. The tension is also odd, as my bike motifs
seemed to pucker and buckle whilst stitching out the wheels due to the circular
motion and the problem didn't occur on the other fabrics. I have created
another bike motif so the problem doesn't reoccur but I will avoid cotton
poplin during Unit X. I have been repetitive when experimenting at this stage. My
time would have been better focused on developing digitally printed designs. I
will take this into consideration during Unit X.
