In Pictures - Screenprinting a Front Cover - Step by Step

A full in-depth look at how we produced this issue’s front cover with SNAP.

1 - Welcome to SNAP Studios

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2 - Tour of the grounds

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3 - Coating the screen in emulsion

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4 - Producing a stencil

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5 - Logo is good to go

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6 - Loading the DUKE, ready for exposure

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7 - Washing-out the screen

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8 - Printing the background

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9 - Do as I do, not as I say

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10 - Helping hand

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11 - A nice yellow base

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12 - Hang to dry

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13 - Green for layer two

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14 - Squeegee loving

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15 - Awesome looking prints

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16 - Just playing

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17 - The fruit of our creative anarchy

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18 - Purple is god - I mean good

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19 - Logo on

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20 - Free love

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21 - The finished print and front cover #28

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Thankyou David Abbott, Rob Hunter and all at SNAP!

www.snapstudio.org.uk

Rachael Butcher & Matthew Whittle www.matthewwhittleblog.blogspot.com

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