I'm loving the idea of
wabi sabi; embracing impermanence, imperfection and incompletion. I have had in my mind for a very long time that I wanted to screenprint
sashiko designs onto men's tees. Everytime I've sat down to draw up the design, I have been frustrated with the imperfection. I've been unable to get lines straight and I end up giving up. I'm not that much better on the computer. I barely know one end of Illustrator from the other. Today I was very much in a 'I don't give a toss' frame of mind. And I'm glad. Because I'm enjoying the imperfection of this piece. Maybe
organic is a better word. It's not imperfect, really. It looks hand drawn. Which is good. This will be making it's way onto some men's tees very soon.
More creative spaces over at
Kirsty's.
This morning I left the smallest boy with Mim and exposed the design I drew up yesterday. It worked! It's always the biggest relief to see the design show up on the screen and see the stencil fall out. I've printed up the image onto black men's tees with a green ink. They will be in the shop on Sunday when I'm next working.
I've also drawn up a new sashiko design. I tried to expose this one too, but it didn't work. Maybe the lines were too fine? More than likely I just coated the screen emulsion badly... an even and thin coating is so hard to achieve! I'd like to think that one day it won't be so hard! By the way... the record cover is what I use to take my artwork around in for screen printing... I've finally found another use for all the record covers I've amassed over the years!
