Panóptico de Actualidad Gráfica y Visual
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Why do you like screen-printing? “Unlike digital printing, you can use special colours such as neon or metallic inks. Also, you can print on almost all surfaces — paper, cardboard, glass and textiles. Duplication is another big advantage. Once the screen is coated, it can be used many times. The process of preparing, taping and de-coating the screen is probably...
Why do you like silkscreen? “First of all it gives me the ability to freely transfer my ink drawings to the print-making format and preserve the organic nature of the brush lines. The original drawings are done in black ink only, but while I am working on the final files for the silkscreen separations I add extra colours digitally in...
“I’m really interested in the crossroads between analogue and digital technology. Letterpress is a good place to practise these intersections. The materiality of movable types fascinates me to the point of creating new dies in CNC, laser or even 3D printing to be able to experiment with new types in the press.”...
What is your favourite speciality in printing production? “We have experimented with engraving, risograph, silkscreen, stencil, typography, sublimation, UV printing, tampography, embossing, foil, die-cut, letterpress, rubber stamping, off-set and digital printing and cannot choose a favourite among them. When we pick a printing method, we consider two main criteria: the visual and material aspects resulting from the selected technique, in...
“My personal challenge is to continue turning screen-printing onto the street, to continue passing that knowledge on to people through workshops or street interventions, re-defining the communicational power of screen-printing and finally achieving large screen-printing on walls. Something like silk-screened murals. It is my big dream.”...
Why do you like to make prints the way that you do? “To produce a print, all we have to do is click on the computer, or even a phone. But print-making brings you through a process, from designing it, how you layer the colours, how to align the different layers and choosing and mixing the right colours, etc. To...
“I have collaborated with Studio Pression for years to print my project. This is like a band, I write the song, but without their amazing music, it would be nothing. They always bring me ideas and take my project to another level. For the 2015 calendar, for example, they told me ‘Hey, it is the year of light, we should...
What are the challenges to foil stamping? “To name a few: colour matching, bleed problems, as well as layering issues that can arise from the colours you use and the materials you use them on. However, these challenges are what make print projects different from digital and hopefully more memorable. We love using foil stamping and similar stamp processes because...
Why do you like silkscreen printing? “It’s the whole process we love. At the very beginning we had to find the right ink and there wasn’t any, so we made our own, totally skin safe. We often work live at public events. You are like an illusionist but one with only one trick! And printing at live events got us...
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